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Iran ends the American Middle East: analysis
TEHRAN – Marc Lynch, a professor of political science and international affairs at George Washington University, says the…
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https://www.europesays.com/iran/297529/
https://www.europesays.com/iran/297529/ Iran ends the American Middle East: analysis #AmericanMiddleEast #Iran #Israel #Libya #omnipotence #SaudiArabia #Sudan #SuezCanal #Tehran #UAE #underestimate #Yemen
New post on me blog:
Can #God do the impossible?
https://far.chickenkiller.com/religion/can-god-do-the-impossible/
A short note about the omnipotent paradox, liar's paradox and our binary logic.
#paradox #philosophy #logic #post #blogpost #religion #omnipotence #logical_paradox
TY for sharing this example of the three-body problem, @[email protected]!
It is a striking example of the fact that #omniscience is impossible. #Omnipotence, incidentally, is also impossible, because an omniscient being cannot generate random numbers.
Fascinating #physics and #ethics:)
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TY for sharing this example of the three-body problem, @[email protected]!
It is a striking example of the fact that #omniscience is impossible. #Omnipotence, incidentally, is also impossible, because an omniscient being cannot generate random numbers.
Fascinating #physics and #ethics:)
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Pope Leo XIV denounces the 'delusion of omnipotence' he says fuels the Iran war
#HackerNews #PopeLeoXIV #IranWar #Omnipotence #Delusion #Politics
Pope Leo XIV blasts ‘delusion of omnipotence’ fueling the U.S.-Israeli war in Iran
ROME — In his strongest words yet, Pope Leo XIV on Saturday denounced the “delusion of omnipotence” that is fueling…
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https://www.europesays.com/iran/62588/
Pope Leo XIV blasts ‘delusion of omnipotence’ fueling the U.S.-Israeli war in Iran
ROME — In his strongest words yet, Pope Leo XIV on Saturday denounced the “delusion of omnipotence” that is fueling…
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https://www.europesays.com/iran/62588/
https://www.europesays.com/iran/62588/ Pope Leo XIV blasts ‘delusion of omnipotence’ fueling the U.S.-Israeli war in Iran #basilica #delusion #God #Iran #Israel #leo #omnipotence #peace #PoliticalLeader #PopeLeoXIV #prayer #PresidentTrump #USOfficial #US #UnitedStates #War
“Trump’s whole life was a dress rehearsal for this moment: constantly imposing his will, wriggling out of scrapes, never held accountable, born on third base and thinking he’d hit a triple. He was the #American illusion of #omnipotence incarnate.”
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“Over the past six days, as #Trump plunged the #UnitedStates into a #war with #Iran, that fantasy of #omnipotence has come crashing into reality.” www.nytimes.com/2026/03/06/o...
Opinion | Trump’s Fantasy Is C...
“Over the past six days, as #Trump plunged the #UnitedStates into a #war with #Iran, that fantasy of #omnipotence has come crashing into reality.” www.nytimes.com/2026/03/06/o...
Opinion | Trump’s Fantasy Is C...
A quotation from Walter Raleigh
O eloquent, just, and mighty Death! whom none could advise, thou hast persuaded; what none hath dared, thou hast done; and whom all the world hath flattered, thou only hast cast out of the world and despised: thou hast drawn together all the far stretchèd greatness, all the pride, cruelty and ambition of man, and covered it all over with those two narrow words, Hic jacet!
Walter Raleigh (c. 1552-1618) English statesman, soldier, writer, explorer
The Historie of the World, in Five Bookes, Book 5, ch. 6, sec. 12 (1614)
More about this quote: wist.info/raleigh-walter/81507…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #walterraleigh #sirwalterraleigh #death #epitaph #mortality #omnipotence #doom
A quotation from Robert Ingersoll
If we admit that some infinite being has controlled the destinies of persons and peoples, history becomes a most cruel and bloody farce. Age after age, the strong have trampled upon the weak; the crafty and heartless have ensnared and enslaved the simple and innocent, and nowhere, in all the annals of mankind, has any god succored the oppressed.
Robert Green Ingersoll (1833-1899) American lawyer, agnostic, orator
Lecture (1872-01-29), “The Gods,” Fairbury Hall, Fairbury, Illinois
More about this quote: wist.info/ingersoll-robert-gre…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #robertingersoll #robertgreeningersoll #conquest #deity #destiny #divineintervention #domination #evil #God #history #omnipotence #oppression #problemofevil #problemofsuffering #suffering #slavery #theodicy
Trump is no strongman when it comes to #Russia or #Israel. If other democracies don’t step up, anarchy awaits
It is too easy to blame Donald #Trump for everything that goes wrong in the world. The ability of any #US president to fundamentally change or control the behaviour of other major powers is frequently overestimated
Yet by posing as a sort of uncrowned global #monarch and grand arbiter of #war and #peace, Trump perpetuates fantasies of US hegemony, #omnipotence and divine right ...
A quotation from Margaret Atwood
Perhaps he’s reached that stage of intoxication which power is said to inspire, the state in which you believe you are indispensable and can therefore do anything, absolutely anything you feel like, anything at all.
Margaret Atwood (b. 1939) Canadian writer, literary critic, environmental activist
The Handmaid’s Tale, ch. 37 (1986)
Sourcing, notes: wist.info/atwood-margaret/7560…
#quote #quotes #quotation #indispensability #intoxication #omnipotence #power #powermad #unstoppability
Here's a piece in my Substack discussing St. Anselm's reasonings about what an omnipotent God can't do and why that would be the case
https://gregorybsadler.substack.com/p/anselm-of-canterbury-on-divine-power
#Anselm #Argument #Contradiction #God #Reasoning #Argument #Power #Omnipotence
#RobinLePoidevin - Alternative Concepts of #God
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6edahUXYuxc
#Philosophy #PhilosophyOfReligion #Metaphysics #Theology #Theism #PerfectBeing #Omniscience #Omniscient #Omnipotent #Omnipotence #Ethics #Morality #Impassibility #Timelessness #Pantheism #Transcendebce #Religion #Religious #Causality #SuiGeneris #GodHypothesis #CloserToTruth #RobertKuhn
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#Tawhid #OnenessofAllah #IslamicMonotheism #Quran #Hadith #Allah #Muslim #Islam #faith #belief #spirituality #worship #submission #brotherhood #equality #purpose #meaning #creativity #knowledge #understanding #God #Creator #Sustainer #Attributes #Mercy #Omniscience #Omnipotence #dependence #prayer #fasting #charity #morality #vicegerent #justice #scriptures #scholars #teachers #journey #growth #discovery #resources #seekers
I landed in Zurich Dec 24, 2023. Barely one hour before arrival I took these pictures from my window seat. I almost cried. A breathtaking sunrise like this one once more shows us our Creators omnipotence, and reminds us that Christmas isn't the day of presents, but the celebration of His son's birth on Earth. #merrychristmas #omnipotence #birthofchrist #Christmas #sunrise #december24 #holynight
-- Atheists Need To STOP BLAMING GOD For THIS --
(from Godless Engineer)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wb4qJyyEHag
#theodicy #omnipotence #God #morality #apologetics #problemOfEvil
📚 book idea:
**"Wh̶ea̲ther God? - Faith in times of climate catastrophe"**
The main idea would be that contrary to popular belief, "deity of the weather" is actually a very sensible re-specification of #omnipotence for the coming decades/centuries.
A quotation from Byron, George Gordon, Lord:
«««««
Because
He is all-powerful, must all-good, too, follow?
I judge but by the fruits — and they are bitter —
Which I must feed on for a fault not mine.
»»»»»
Full quote, sourcing, notes:
https://wist.info/byron/60460/
#quote #quotes #quotation #benevolence #blame #divineplan #fault #God #omnipotence #theodicy
Daily Study Bible: Morning, June 2 https://biblehub.com/devotions/Morning_June_2.htm
> ... who can defeat Omnipotence?
Me: That about sums it up.
Two devotionals side by side wind up complementing one another. (See image.) Now that's intersectionality.
My friend Mike B. reminds us of an important question that God asked.
@aljazeera_english yeah right!!!!! usa #impussiant against China. Behind in every regard. China's #omnipotence is realized.
Job 34:21-37 – LOOKING BEYOND MYSELF AT CHRISTMAS
Job 34:21-37 – LOOKING BEYOND MYSELF AT CHRISTMAS
Looking Beyond Myself
I remember asking my Mum if Santa was real. She would say, “He’s real if you want him to be real.” Not a good answer. “But how does Santa get around to all the children on Christmas Eve? He can’t be everywhere at the same time, can he? And the reindeer can’t be that fast.” Good question. One scientist calculates that he would have to make 900 visits per second, and travel at 265 times the speed of sound to visit 152 million homes on Christmas Eve (North Carolina State University 2009, December 5. Santa’s sleigh).
Why do children believe in SANTA? Why do they believe in GOD? Santa, it seems, has the same supernatural powers of God: He can be in every household at once, powerful enough to make a sleigh fly, carry a sack filled with what must be tons and tons of presents, get it and himself down a chimney despite his obesity, not to mention his ability to drink and drive. He is so intuitive that he knows who has been naughty and nice.
It’s not surprising then that Scientists Larivée and Sénéchal want to explore a deeper question: If children attribute the same supernatural powers to Santa as they do to God, why do they stop believing in Santa, but continue their belief in God? (http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081208180345.htm) It seems that writing God off as a myth is a little more difficult for us to do.
In Job 34:21-22, Elihu is speaking to Job and to his friends. He makes some statements about God. He says, “For God watches how people live; He sees everything they do. No darkness is thick enough to hide the wicked from His eyes” (NLT). There it is again, OMNIPRESENCE (God is all present) and OMNISCIENCE (He is all knowing). Darkness – no problem. He still sees me. I can’t hide from Him. I can reject or seek Him, but I can’t hide from Him.
Lou Damon from Texas shared an article on his facebook page recently called, “30 things to stop doing to yourself.” (http://www.marcandangel.com/2011/12/11/30-things-to-stop-doing-to-yourself/) It includes “Stop spending time with the wrong people, stop running from your problems, stop lying to yourself.” Very helpful. Elihu would add, “Stop lying to God. Stop trying to hide from God.” He says in Job 34:31-32 “Why don’t people say to God, ‘I have sinned, but I will sin no more’? Or ‘I don’t know what evil I have done—tell me. If I have done wrong, I will stop at once’?” Good advice.
When Job doesn’t co-operate, Elihu gets nasty and says, “Job, you deserve the maximum penalty for the wicked way you have talked. For you have added rebellion to your sin; you show no respect, and you speak many angry words against God” (Job 34:35-37 NLT). Nice!
I encourage people when they are angry with God to ask Him the tough questions? I’m not talking about being arrogant, defiant, disrespectful, but about staying in communication with the One who has the answers. Of course, if it is merely for the sake of griping and not genuinely seeking answers, then it is foolish. In Isaiah 45:9-13 (NLT) God says to us “What sorrow awaits those who argue with their Creator. Does a clay pot argue with its maker? Does the clay dispute with the one who shapes it, saying, ‘Stop, you’re doing it wrong!’ Does the pot exclaim, ‘How clumsy can you be?’ … Do you give Me orders about the work of My hands?” For a follower of Christ Romans 8:28 (NLT) says “And we know that God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God and are called according to His purpose for them.”
Elihu gets it wrong concerning Job. All too easy to see fault in someone else. I admit. I get it wrong too. I look at the outward appearance of those around me, make assumptions and speculate. God, on the other hand, is able to look at a person’s heart (1 Samuel 16:7) and see them for who they are.
What intrigues me is that all through the scriptures the Lord gives people words of knowledge and wisdom, supernatural insight into the lives of people around them. I need the eyes of God if I am truly to understand the people I meet each day, to look deeper than the surface, to see the unseen things that are going on inside, to be aware of the issues of a person’s life, to take an interest in them, to be present and carry God’s presence with me.
That’s what Christmas is all about, isn’t it? God sending His Son into the world to identify with us and to get us to LOOK BEYOND the limitations of ourselves. To get us to admit we get it wrong and need a Saviour in order to live our lives as God intended.
Pastor Ross
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