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As omnipotence cannot be proven, only inferred, is relative to the setting, and in its pure form is self-contradictory, I suggest that we remove this description from this wiki, strictly stick to the character ratings combined with "Reality Warping", and replace the category with "Supreme Beings" instead.
Here is what DarkLK said when I asked him about it (with some editing for structure):
"Omnipotence is a very complex topic. This is not something that can be proved by feats.
We prefer to believe that there can be only one Omnipotent in a fictional continuity. This is correct in my opinion. Because it does not make sense to multiply the immensity, the result does not change and any perspectives do not work at this level at all.
However, do you understand that a true Almighty can do anything? It can create someone stronger than itself. Or create several Almighty beings. And it will still remain Almighty. This presents a big problem for our logic and common sense.
Omnipotence as a concept is beyond 3-Dimensional and binary human logic. In fiction there are many characters that violate this logic, but in fact it is only an imitation, as because human words themselves are limited by our logic, any description will be limited.
Tier 0 characters should be completely qualitatively superior to any other characters that already violate logic. This gives us the right to assume that the logical paradoxes are not a problem for Tiers 0, which will be just above this by default. So Tiers 0 assumed as omnipotents, but no more.
If an author simply mentions the word "omnipotence", this is obviously not enough to justify that some character is tier 0. Because the understanding of different authors can be very different, and the author should make clear that the entity, which was present as an Almighty is totally qualitatively superior to everything else. Completely unlimited, not just to play on the same field, but with infinitely greater scale than other powerful beings from that fictional verse.
Quite often, the term "omnipotence" is applied to the of beings who just very powerful. Odin, Galactus, the Living Tribunal, Beatrice, Mercurius and many others. Even Juubi from Naruto was called this, but this is an obvious exaggeration.
I think that you should save the omnipotence article, but expand it.
The "Omnipotence" category should be replaced with "Supreme being" instead. Because some mid cosmic tiers from some fictions have better feats/powerscaling/explanation than some Supreme Beings from some other fictions."
Here is what DarkLK said when I asked him about it (with some editing for structure):
"Omnipotence is a very complex topic. This is not something that can be proved by feats.
We prefer to believe that there can be only one Omnipotent in a fictional continuity. This is correct in my opinion. Because it does not make sense to multiply the immensity, the result does not change and any perspectives do not work at this level at all.
However, do you understand that a true Almighty can do anything? It can create someone stronger than itself. Or create several Almighty beings. And it will still remain Almighty. This presents a big problem for our logic and common sense.
Omnipotence as a concept is beyond 3-Dimensional and binary human logic. In fiction there are many characters that violate this logic, but in fact it is only an imitation, as because human words themselves are limited by our logic, any description will be limited.
Tier 0 characters should be completely qualitatively superior to any other characters that already violate logic. This gives us the right to assume that the logical paradoxes are not a problem for Tiers 0, which will be just above this by default. So Tiers 0 assumed as omnipotents, but no more.
If an author simply mentions the word "omnipotence", this is obviously not enough to justify that some character is tier 0. Because the understanding of different authors can be very different, and the author should make clear that the entity, which was present as an Almighty is totally qualitatively superior to everything else. Completely unlimited, not just to play on the same field, but with infinitely greater scale than other powerful beings from that fictional verse.
Quite often, the term "omnipotence" is applied to the of beings who just very powerful. Odin, Galactus, the Living Tribunal, Beatrice, Mercurius and many others. Even Juubi from Naruto was called this, but this is an obvious exaggeration.
I think that you should save the omnipotence article, but expand it.
The "Omnipotence" category should be replaced with "Supreme being" instead. Because some mid cosmic tiers from some fictions have better feats/powerscaling/explanation than some Supreme Beings from some other fictions."
