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    It is not the case that 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.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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    • 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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