{"id":10047,"date":"2025-08-15T20:06:46","date_gmt":"2025-08-15T10:06:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/geoffreychen.com\/?p=10047"},"modified":"2025-08-29T10:40:42","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T00:40:42","slug":"misunderstanding-2-among-christians-about-non-christians-non-christians-believe-humans-are-omnipotent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/geoffreychen.com\/zh\/misunderstanding-2-among-christians-about-non-christians-non-christians-believe-humans-are-omnipotent\/","title":{"rendered":"\u57fa\u7763\u5f92\u5bf9\u975e\u57fa\u7763\u5f92\u7684\u8bef\u89e3\u4e4b\u4e8c\uff1a\u975e\u57fa\u7763\u5f92\u8ba4\u4e3a\u4eba\u662f\u65e0\u6240\u4e0d\u80fd\u7684Misunderstanding #2 Among Christians About Non-Christians: Non-Christians Believe Humans Are Omnipotent"},"content":{"rendered":"

Geoffrey Chen<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Christians believe that God is omnipotent, but this belief itself contains two implications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

First, God is unique. If there were more than one omnipotent God, how could they coordinate with each other? There would have to be an even more omnipotent God to mediate between them. This \u201cmore omnipotent\u201d God would, by definition, be the only one. The ultimate result is that there can only be one omnipotent God.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Second, since God is omnipotent, human ability must necessarily be limited. If human ability were also infinite, how could the relationship between God and humans be reconciled? By the same reasoning, there would have to be an even more omnipotent God to mediate, and this \u201cmore omnipotent\u201d God would necessarily be the only one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Of course, what I\u2019ve just given is a rational and logical argument in defense of the Christian view. In reality, many Christians believe that those who do not believe in God will become arrogant, thinking their own abilities are limitless. This misunderstanding that Christians have about non-Christians does not stem from the kind of rational deduction I described above, but rather directly from their deep faith in God. As God said, \u201cI am the way, and I am the truth.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But in fact, do non-Christians really think they are omnipotent? Obviously, the vast majority of non-Christians do not think so, nor do they believe that \u201cman can conquer nature.\u201d I, for example, do not believe humans can overcome everything in nature, and people like me are by no means rare. It\u2019s possible that a small number of non-Christians do think they are omnipotent, but they are clearly the minority.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, if non-Christians neither believe in an omnipotent God nor think that they themselves are omnipotent, does this create a contradiction? At least logically, it does not. Why must it be that either God or humans are omnipotent? Why is it necessary for one of them to have unlimited power? Beyond logic, in reality, many non-Christians do not deny the existence of mysterious forces\u2014they simply do not believe in the existence of a God who is like a human being. This will be the subject of my next discussion: Are all non-Christians atheists?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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