Omnipotence

I was reading an article the other day, which poised an age old paradox about omnipotence.

"Could an omnipotent being create a rock too heavy for the omnipotent being to lift?"

The implication is that the above paradox disproves omnipotence. This is of course logically sound. And therein lies the key. Omnipotence transcends logic, indeed transcends any kind of rules.

I looked a little deeper into this subject, and it would seem two opposing groups exist (a logic rules all group and a logic rules man group); the Cartesian view was that logic is not an issue to an omnipotent being. The converse of this is that it is a human issue, which got me thinking.

1. Logic is a mechanism by which mankind legitimises itself and its position in the universe.
2. Mankind cannot transcend logic, and thus for all the trying in the world cannot find absolute truths.

Now this may seem a little grim, but there is a light at the end of the tunnel; a pathway to personal emancipation; a mechanism that doesn't allow mankind to transcend logic, rather it is an instance of a mechanism that allows mankind a single opportunity to gain the results that logic transcended allows. It is of course faith.

I'm not preaching here, rather faith is mechanism that anybody can use for a number of purposes - not just a belief in an omnipotent being*, in one swoop it accomplishes everything that logic never could. But it's only one way, a single-use. If logic overpowers faith, then it's not faith; it's still logic.

Think about how useful faith can be.

*I choose this phrase carefully and leave it open to interpretation, but there is only one possible option if you think about.