Category talk:Omnipotence

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Nigh?

I'm requesting that this category be moved to "Nigh Omnipotence" for two reasons. One, we clearly can't have multiple omnipotent characters. Two, omnipotence can't happen. It's a logical paradox. And I know many of the events of the DCU are highly improbable, but omnipotence is a little bit more complicated of a philosophical concept.

- Billy Arrowsmith (Talk), 00:53, 7 October 2008 (UTC)

You mean, can Roygbiv666 make a rock so heavy he can't lift it? Yes, I can, and I can also lift it and there's no paradox. Why, because I'm M-F'n omnipotent, bi-otch! Bur seriously, aren't we splitting hairs here? I mean, most people would take it as "all-powerful" as ... pretty much anything one could imagine this character doing, they could do. Do we then reserve "omnipotence" for only, say, fictional characters? Wait.

Roygbiv666 02:24, 7 October 2008 (UTC)

Fair enough. I'm sorry, this is just what philosophy class does to you. I had to teach an entire philosophy class at my camp this summer for a week, and we get to talking about paradoxes a lot. Also, I just finished watching Season 1 of The Tick. Who has nigh invulnerability as his official power. Also, I'm a stickler. Anyway, I just thought "Nigh Omnipotence" would be a slightly handier name. I mean, even Imperiex-Prime cannot make a taco so hot that he himself cannot eat it.

- Billy Arrowsmith (Talk), 02:47, 7 October 2008 (UTC)

I was going to suggest stealing from the MDP, but they don't seem to have anything comparable. Losers. So, would the Category of Omnipotence just not exist, then?

Roygbiv666 03:06, 7 October 2008 (UTC)

How about Category:Nigh Omnipotence?

- Billy Arrowsmith (Talk), 13:59, 7 October 2008 (UTC)