Monday, March 12, 2012

[PHI 3000] Homer's Omnipotence Paradox

In one of the episodes of The Simpsons, Homer asks the following question:
Could God microwave a burrito so hot that he himself could not eat it?
If the answer is "yes," then it turns out that God is not omnipotent. If the answer is "no," then it turns out that God is not omnipotent. So, however this question is answered, it turns out that God is not omnipotent.

This is a variation on the paradox of the stone and other puzzles about omnipotence. Does this paradox show that the notion of omnipotence is incoherent?

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