Most who study theology and atheology have studied arguments for and against the existence of God. What follows is a quick and dirty rumination about an attribute of God that, while it may have been argued ad nauseum, has not been probed deeply enough among what I have read to satisfy my curiosity. That attribute is omnipotence. The following thoughts, right or wrong, may lead to a better understanding among those intrigued by this attribute's ponderous and evasive appearance.

The Bible claims that God is omnipotent or all-powerful. Simply put, God can do anything. A popular argument against this assertion is stated in the form of a paradox. Omnipotence implies that God can create a stone so heavy that he cannot lift it, yet, because this is possible, God is not omnipotent. A popular refutation of this argument is to state that God can do only that which conforms to logic as determined by the structure or fabric of the universe. Proponents of this refutation seek to redefine omnipotence to mean the ability to do anything within reason.

It might be argued further along these lines that, since power requires action to be realized and action occurs within a natural frame of reference, God's power is not limited simply because it cannot be exercised outside a frame of reference that is conducive to action. In other words, it is meaningless to say, one might argue, that God is not all-powerful because he is "unable" to act outside of acting determinants.

Does this further argument reveal a flaw in atheological arguments against omnipotence? Or, might God be omnipotent, yet limited to what omnipotence can do? If so, then one is faced with a deeper paradox than that of a deity who can create a stone that he cannot lift. One is faced with a deity who can do anything but contradict the logical and physical structures that define the ability to do anything.

After a bit of thought, it appears that this new paradox can be reconciled. If God can do anything that is logical, then he must do only that which is logical as to do that which is illogical would hinder or prevent future logical acts. If God's actions can be shown to be unreasonable via an internal contradiction such that no new knowledge resolves that contradiction and infinite knowledge is not a factor in determining the ability to reach a resolution, then God can be proven unable to act reasonably in at least one instance and, thus, unable to satisfy the aforementioned requirement for the existence of a logically "limited" concept of omnipotence.