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    It is not the case that No agent, not even an omnipotent one, can bring it about that (a) obtains.

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    Reasons For

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    Reason for 1 of 2
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    • 1.An omnipotent God exists outside of time and thus does not stand in a 'before' or 'after' relation to past states of affairs.
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    • 2.If God is atemporal, God's creative act sustains all moments of time simultaneously, making 'the past' accessible to divine action.
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    • 3.Therefore, the fixity of the past is a constraint on temporal agents, not on an atemporal omnipotent being.
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    Reason for 2 of 2
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    • 1.Peter Damian argued that God can restore virginity retroactively, suggesting omnipotence may include power over logical and historical necessity.
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    • 2.If omnipotence means God is bound by no external constraints whatsoever, then the 'impossibility' of changing the past merely reflects our modal intuitions, not a genuine limit on divine power.
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    • 3.Dismissing retroactive divine power requires a prior commitment to a specific, contestable definition of omnipotence that excludes it by stipulation.
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    Reasons Against

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    • 1.(a) is a past state of affairs.
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    • 2.It is impossible for any agent to have power over what is past.
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