LessonsProof of Mutual Hindrance: Divine Unity, Conflicting Wills and Eternity of AttributesQuiz

If one allegedly unlimited deity wills Zayd’s movement and another wills his stillness in the same respect at the same time, suppose both desired outcomes occur. Zayd would then both move and not move under the same description. That is a contradiction and cannot be realized.

The impossibility arises from the incompatible outcomes, not from a shortage of physical strength. The proper conclusion at this stage is simply that those two opposed outcomes cannot obtain together.

Notice the logical limit: this step establishes only the impossibility of joint fulfillment. It does not yet identify whose will would prevail, or whether either would prevail.

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First alternative: both outcomes occur

Proof of Mutual Hindrance: Divine Unity, Conflicting Wills and Eternity of Attributes

If one allegedly unlimited deity wills Zayd’s movement and another wills his stillness in the same respect at the same time, suppose both desired outcomes occur. Zayd would then both move and not move under the same description. That is a contradiction and cannot be realized.

The impossibility arises from the incompatible outcomes, not from a shortage of physical strength. The proper conclusion at this stage is simply that those two opposed outcomes cannot obtain together.

Notice the logical limit: this step establishes only the impossibility of joint fulfillment. It does not yet identify whose will would prevail, or whether either would prevail.