sashamerideth
Maester
Ravana said:No, I'm not. You may be, but I'm not. I'm assuming logic must be logical. "Logic" is not something subjective: it is a rigorously defined discipline, with its own well-established rules. Whether these rules apply to deities is more than I could say (and you don't have to have them apply in your writings anyway) but if or where they do not apply, the deities fall outside of logic. So it is not possible to have "non-logically contradictory omnipotence"because omnipotence will always lead to logical contradictions. Whether or not such contradictions bother you has nothing to do with whether they exist and as I already mentioned, there are many people who do not view this with concern: if they do bother you, I'd recommend giving up on the omnipotence part, because otherwise you're stuck with them.
As for thought experiments being "useless when it comes to gods"if you believe that, why are you discussing the topic? Thought experiments are precisely what discussions like this are about. Are you saying that gods cannot be imagined? I can certainly imagine mine I can even imagine them having abilities that inherently violate the rules of logic. So I'm not quite sure what you're trying to say here.
You are confused? How do you think I feel?