Yes, it seems these critiques are more about the validity of the concept of literal omnipotence than about beings that purport to meet that standard. The problem is that literal omnipotence is impossible, and so humans that care about related problems should probably delineate what specific powers a being labeled as “omnipotent” has, rather than remain stuck on the definitional debate.
Yes, it seems these critiques are more about the validity of the concept of literal omnipotence than about beings that purport to meet that standard. The problem is that literal omnipotence is impossible, and so humans that care about related problems should probably delineate what specific powers a being labeled as “omnipotent” has, rather than remain stuck on the definitional debate.
Agreed, with the addendum that in this context there seems as much disagreement over the definition of “possible” as the definition of “omnipotent”.