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Originally Posted by maskedmelon
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I am glad you brought up the parenting analogy, that is what i alluded to when I referenced "some other reason." It is a great analogy if there is a creator and it is powerful, but not omnipotent. If a parent were omnipotent, why wouldn't they grant their child the ability to readily understand what they needed to do without constant direction and reprimand?
I like your embrace of skepticism, but I don't see what bearing that has on the definition of words. We can redefine words to fit our goals, but then we have no effective medium of communication. Late has a very clear meaning that we understand and if someone is not at an event when it is scheduled to begin, then they are late. There is no sensible reason to question that. If we are going to debate words themselves, we cannot have a discussion.
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Which word, omnipotent? Just means the power to do anything. All powerful. It doesn't mean you must do everything or anything. Just like when I play a video game, I can use a cheat code or switch to godmode, remove all challenge, but that gets old real quick. You and I have that in common, eh? We don't like the easy games so much, we play on p99 for the challenge.
As for the party *shrugs* someone else is having a better party? It's all perspective, and can too easily be put to our own expectations, our own limitations. Just like the night sky draws me to it, not it to me. We're both lucky in that, if I literally drew the night sky to me we'd all be vaporized.