God is not all-powerful
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This argument is used in the debate Does God exist?.
This argument is an objection to There is too much suffering and injustice for there to be a god.
This argument is used in the debate Does God exist?.This argument is an objection to There is too much suffering and injustice for there to be a god.
Summary
The term "almighty" used in Bibles translates the Hebrew expression: "He who says: 'Enough'" (reference: Catherine Challier, preface to Le concept de Dieu après Auschwitz).
The notion of power is relational: x is powerful if it can act on y. The notion of "omnipotence" is contradictory: it would mean a power that nothing can limit. Yet any existence outside such a power would be a limit to this omnipotence (see Hans Jonas, Le concept de Dieu après Auschwitz).
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Objections
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A God who is not omnipotent is not God
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Compassion has no meaning for God
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God is supposed to be omnipotent