Title: The Grounds for Belief in God's Omnipotence Question/Comments: As a Muslim, I believe that God is the Almighty and that He is All-Powerful. However, I cannot think of any way to construct a rational argument that would lead to this conclusion. That is, I could argue that if God is accepted to be the Creator of this vast, magnificent universe, indeed His Powers of creating, manipulating, directing, etc. must be great. But what is the proof that these powers are absolutely limitless? Would it be accurate to say that theists just accept God's omnipotence as part of the attributive introduction provided in the Holy Scriptures rather than as something that can be rationally deduced? Omar Sarwar Singapore Answer: The rational basis for the belief in God's omnipotence is the lack of any rational basis to the contrary. We can say that God's power is 'great', but then cannot, rationally, say that God's powers end at such and such point. This is what prompts us to believe in the omnipotence of God. The foregoing may seem to be a negative or a surrogate argument. However, in view of man's inability to fully appreciate the concept of 'unlimited' or 'infinite', we are forced to take to this argument in trying to conceptualize the 'unlimited' nature of all the attributes of God. It should also be noted that this same argument applies to the concept of limitlessness in God's knowledge and wisdom, and the absoluteness in His other attributes. I hope this helps. Regards, Moiz Amjad May 13, 2002