Look, this is not new. The argument has been around since before "Can God create a boulder so large even he can't lift it?"
The simple answer is that paradoxes will inevitably arise when when tries to define things in terms of cosmic absolutes.
It is simplistic to think that, because we define a word "omnipotent" and then we apply it to our notion of God, that somehow God is the one being paradoxical.
The map is not the territory. The thing is not its description.
Thought I mentioned the thought bubble was not original (certainly not from me).
I'm not sure which came first god or the word omnipotent.
Bullshit I'm not. God obviously came first then the word omnipotent.
We? didn't define omnipotent first and then shoehorned god into the meaning.
Pretty sure the notion of god being omnipotent came from church not we.
This single portion of we heard church telling this part of we god is everywhere, sees everything you do, knows what's in your heart and even knows when a sparrow kicks the bucket.
God is not being paradoxical, the situation is.
So the question can be rephrased from:-
"Does he (the agnostic) get his meeting place?" <<<<< paradox
or
Does the paradox disappear by adjusting one (may be both) of the conditions
- god not being omnipotent
- agnostic ceases to impose conditions?
I think it would.
Problem alert.
Church will not sanction a god who is less than omnipotent.
Agnostics want the meeting place.
The map is not the territory. True. It merely illustrates the territory in a small usable format.
A/ The thing is not its description
Incorrect. If I am looking at the territory and describe it as territory that's a one to one relationship.
B/ The thing is not its description
Correct. If I am looking at the territory and describe it as ocean.