I know this is a disproof of God as in God certainly doesn't exist (I came up with it)...
See my Reddit, Twitter, You Tube and below here for my God disproof:
Reddit: Is this a disproof of God that I've come up with? : Atheism_True (reddit.com)
Twitter: Reincarnation Entertainment (@TomDCFearnley) / Twitter
YouTube: Is This Really God Disproved? Yes or No? Why? #Atheism_is_True - YouTube
God Disproved 100% For Certain As In There Certainly is No God - YouTube
I want to now say I know **this is a disproof of a God** but I feel very unconfident about it for some reason:
1. Something all knowing knows it will create a human called Adam. 2. It is unable to not create Adam. 3. Therefore it is not all-powerful and does not have freewill.EDIT#2: I want to now say I know this is a disproof of a God but I feel very unconfident about it for some reason.
Okay, so it's sort of the freewill paradox mixed with the omnipotent and omniscient paradox I think. I doubt no one has come up with it before, but I can't find it via a search and I'm not sure what you call it. I believe there's something wrong with it, but I can't tell why it isn't a disproof of a theist God and deist God. Here's my argument:
- Something which is all-knowing/omniscient (or which hypothetically/might be all-knowing) always knew it would create, say, a unique human called "Adam A" because it can tell the future for all eternity.
- However, that all-knowing something is unable to not create Adam A, it can't stop the creation of Adam A, because it always knew for certain it would create Adam A. It can't have freewill or be all-powerful.
- Therefore something which is omniscient, omnipotent and has freewill at the same time is logically contradictory and impossible.
So some counters I've tried to come up with are as follows:
For 1 above: "The all knowing thing can't tell the future".
But if it can't tell the future it isn't all-knowing. If it can't tell the future there are loads of things it can't do or know like tell what I'm about to think next before I think it myself.
For 2 above: "It is able to not create Adam A/to stop the creation of Adam A after all".
But then what it always knew, that it would create Adam A, is wrong. It knew for certain it would create Adam A then changed its mind and didn't create Adam A. This means what it originally knew for certain, that it would create Adam A, was wrong. Its knowledge of the future was wrong so it wouldn't be all-knowing.
Any responses to the argument would be appreciated.
EDIT: I found a very similar argument on the wiki Smiting Shepherds, see the "Omniscience Paradox" diagram. NOTE: This argument on Smiting Shepherds assumes God exists and that it is a paradox not a contradiction. Mine doesn't. My version just says 'if we think of something all-knowledgeable', it doesn't assume a God exists and shows that something all-knowing + all-powerful + has freewill/"God" is a logical contradiction. Something all-knowing which is also all-powerful and has freewill certainly doesn't exist.
Q and A:
Q: Why is something that is all-knowing, all-powerful and that has freewill a logical contradiction?
A: Because if the all-knowing thing says "I know for certain I'm going to create Adam A but I certainly don't create Adam A" that is a logical contradiction. "I create Adam A for certain and don't create Adam A for certain", contradiction.
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