[Elsie]

An omnipotent, omniscient god could very well create free will - although that would require that he limit himself, which would then make him a limited god.

 

Uh... just WHY is this a requirement?

limited...  if I choose NOT to stop my 2 year old grandchild from playing with matches, does this make ME limited?

 

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Just because a great many people believe in something
is no guarantee of its truth.

 

~Gandhi

[AntiGuv]

Uh... just WHY is this a requirement?

It is only a requirement to keep it rational. There are other places that I haven't specified, and if you find any more that's exactly what I mean. Outside rational bounds, nothing is required, so anywhere that I refer to anything as "required" I mean that it is required if the statement is to be rational.

Otherwise, I have now covered all the points I care to cover here, and it's time for me to completely depart the thread. Chances are I've spoken to whatever else might come up along the lines argued thus far. If you want my opinion for some strange reason, it's all posted so I'm done!