Talk:Nigh Omnipotence/@comment-PrimordialEon-20120802132525/@comment-ILLUMINA's PARADISE-20120803000829

I will attempt one last time to explain myself and this power. Don't misinterpret th edefiniton given by this site. i'd also like to point out tht Thantos w/ IG does not rival Living Tribunal, by your defintion Thantos w/ IG is not nigh-omnipotent.

Conditions to why nigh-omnipotence and not omnipotent:

1) An omnipotent being already exists.

2) The nigh-omnipotent being has (a) limitation(s) that prevent him/her/ it from being omnipotent. this may be a physical, mental, or power based limitation.

-for example to be truly omnipotent one would not just need ulimited power, but the ability to apply that power in everyway possible on an infinite scale. If one cannot concieve everyway that one's power can be applied or are unable consciously/unconsciously manifest your power w/o some knowledge of it, then you are nigh-omnipotent. (in other words the knowledge granted by nigh-omniscience can vary)

3) If your power can be rivaled then you cannot be omnipotent but nigh-omnipotent.

-and lets go with your argument with the powers being equal. The will and relative intelligence/cunning can and usually is what tips the scale in such a case. in this condtion one nigh-omnipotent being can be another. being nigh-omnipotent doesn't mean your second only to the omnipotent being, well it does, but what i'm trying to say is that you can also be 3rd, 4th, 5th and so on with that being your only limitation. The term is supposed to be used as an aspect/attribute in a relative manner (the same applies when it is not the being that is omnipotent but a single/defined power/ability)