![]() It is part of a deity's nature to be consistent and that it would be inconsistent for said deity to go against its own laws unless there was a reason to do so.A deity is able to do anything that is in accord with its own nature (thus, for instance, if it is a logical consequence of a deity's nature that what it speaks is truth, then it is not able to lie).(In this version, God can do the impossible and something contradictory. A deity is able to do anything that it chooses to do.These positions include, but are not limited to, the following: The term omnipotent has been used to connote a number of different positions. The word omnipotence derives from the Latin prefix omni-, meaning "all", and the word potens, meaning "potent" or "powerful". It is accepted in philosophy and science that omnipotence can never be effectively understood. The presence of all these properties in a single entity has given rise to considerable theological debate, prominently including the problem of evil, the question of why such a deity would permit the existence of evil. In the monotheistic religious philosophy of Abrahamic religions, omnipotence is often listed as one of a deity's characteristics, along with omniscience, omnipresence, and omnibenevolence. ![]() Monotheistic religions generally attribute omnipotence only to the deity of their faith. Omnipotence is the quality of having unlimited power.
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