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    If omnipotence is defined by possible states of affairs, ... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→Omnipotence should be analyzed in terms of the power to bring about certain possible states of affairs, understood as propositional entities which either obtain or fail to obtain.

    If omnipotence is defined by possible states of affairs, then a being that passively enables all such states counts as omnipotent, which is absurd.

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    • 1.Omnipotence requires active causal power, not mere passive compatibility with all possibilities.
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    • 2.A being that does nothing deserves no more credit than abstract logical space itself.
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    • 3.True power involves constraining possibilities through choice, distinguishing agents from mere potentiality.
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    • 1.Passively enabling all states requires supreme metaphysical status—limiting nothing contradicts any finite being.
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    • 2.The distinction between 'passive enabling' and 'active power' may be conceptually unstable or incoherent.
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    • 3.Omnipotence could coherently mean maximizing capacity for any state, regardless of whether exercised actively.
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