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    Omnipotence by itself can already be argued incoherent along these lines (creating a stone one cannot lift, etc.), and has been so argued to death, see e.g. SEP, Omnipotence for a survey. I doubt we can add anything new here.
    – Conifold
    Commented Dec 10, 2021 at 16:54
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    I don't know if its purpose is to point out the limitations of logical arguments so much as it is to point out the incomprehensibility (or incoherence) of god. For the logical argument to be "limited" by this "omni" presentation of god one would need some kind of evidence that such a thing exists. However, if such a thing does not exist there would be no example by which to demonstrate a limitation in the logic.
    – Lucretius
    Commented Dec 10, 2021 at 16:57
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    The key difference between God and any human is the power of controlling causality (miracles, création, superpowers, production of first cause, etc. ). That implies violating logic. If God wouldn't control causality, he would just be a common John Doe.
    – RodolfoAP
    Commented Dec 11, 2021 at 3:51
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    You're essentially providing a rebuttal to an argument, but then you're asking about the argument instead of the rebuttal. If you want to ask about the argument, then the rebuttal is irrelevant. If you want to present a rebuttal, then the question about the argument is irrelevant. Those seem like 2 very distinct questions that would probably best have been asked in separate question posts (if both are on-topic). It would also help to clearly define and provide a reference for the argument - "God can't have all 3 omni attributes" is the conclusion to the argument, not the argument itself.
    – NotThatGuy
    Commented Dec 11, 2021 at 10:46
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    'God can't be omnipotent, omniscient and all good' is not an argument, it is a statement or a claim.
    – Geoffrey Thomas ♦
    Commented Dec 12, 2021 at 11:59