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    Apparent logical inconsistency may dissolve under semantic revision: 'omnipotence' need not entail the ability to override libertarian free will.

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    • 1.Omnipotence logically means power over all possible states; violating libertarian free will is metaphysically impossible, not a power limitation.
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    • 2.Semantic revision is legitimate when it resolves genuine contradictions without abandoning core conceptual commitments about divine power.
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    • 3.A being cannot coherently exercise power over another's free choice without that choice ceasing to be free—so this 'inability' reflects logical necessity, not weakness.
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    • 1.Redefining omnipotence to exclude override capacity weakens the traditional theological concept and appears motivated by apologetic convenience rather than principled analysis.
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    • 2.If libertarian free will exists, an omnipotent being could create beings without it; choosing not to is a self-imposed limitation, not a logical necessity.
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    • 3.Semantic revision risks making 'omnipotence' vacuous—if we narrow it enough to avoid all contradictions, it becomes compatible with any degree of actual power.
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