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Old Apr 22, 2007, 03:22 pm   #4 (permalink) (top)
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What I've been saying amounts to a proof, as follows-

1. Some possible gods would never want what is beyond their ability. (Premise)
2. Some possible gods would be able to provide for themselves whatever they want.


What you've been saying is that I need to state the first premise, or the second one is false.

I've demonstrated that to be false, because the phrase "some gods" could refer to any segment of possible gods. In this case, it refers to only the gods that the premise is true for.

You don't understand that, as the person who made that statement, it is up to me to decide which gods I'm referring to when I say "some gods". It's clearly defined which gods I'm referring to, given our shared view of omnipotence as physically impossible, with my statement that "some gods can provide whatever they want".
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