From the Errancy II Discussion list, Sept., 2003:
DOUG
Exodus 31:17 (KJV)
"It [is] a sign between me and the children of Israel for ever:
for [in] six days the LORD made heaven and earth, and on
the seventh day he rested, and was refreshed."
It is difficult enough to explain why an allegedly omnipotent being
would need to rest, or what it would mean for such a being to rest,
but that god was "refreshed" makes it absurd. To refresh means
to replenish one's power.
If god is omnipotent, this makes no sense. To refresh would mean
that god would be more powerful after replenishing his power than
he was before replenishing his power. Which would imply that god
was sometimes more powerful than he is at other times, but if god
is omnipotent, this is logically impossible.
DOUG
Exodus 31:17 (KJV)
"It [is] a sign between me and the children of Israel for ever:
for [in] six days the LORD made heaven and earth, and on
the seventh day he rested, and was refreshed."
It is difficult enough to explain why an allegedly omnipotent being
would need to rest, or what it would mean for such a being to rest,
but that god was "refreshed" makes it absurd. To refresh means
to replenish one's power.
If god is omnipotent, this makes no sense. To refresh would mean
that god would be more powerful after replenishing his power than
he was before replenishing his power. Which would imply that god
was sometimes more powerful than he is at other times, but if god
is omnipotent, this is logically impossible.
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