God is/was Either Imperfect or Not Omnipotent

How is God capable of changing in a way that preserves his perfection? Obviously, he is not." My opponent has not even addressed my examples of possibility. I will go back over them for the voter's sake. I showed how being capable of change does not take away the perfection of God. If he were to change then he would be imperfect. But just as a person who is capable of killing isn't necessarily a killer, God is not imperfect just because he's capable of imperfection. >>"That is a silly kind of omnipotence - being able to do "what he wants to do and not what he doesn't want to do" - that's more than just a silly kind... that's NOT omnipotence. And since you already affirmed God's omnipotence, your argument on this point is contradictory." My opponent attempts to discredit my definition of omni and omnipotence by calling it 'silly'. What he fails to see is that it is in fact the actual Greek and Hebrew translations of the word, thus my point is unrefutable. He provides no counter definition, much less one that can over ride a direct translation of ancient texts. >>"This "God" seems to be infected with a case of sour grapes... he can't change, so you posit that he simply chooses not to. A perfect god isn't CAPABLE of changing without ruining his element of perfection. An omnipotent being would be able to change if he so wished." First of all, my opponent provides no evidence that God is incapable of change. No scripture that says that (the only way to make his point). Second, I didn't pose the idea that he simply chooses not to. I PROVED IT in my definition of omni and omnipotence which he failed to sufficiently refute. Third, he makes the statement that "A perfect god isn't CAPABLE of changing without ruining his element of perfection." This is your own personal guess and cannot be used as proof in this debate. You must combat my SOLID proof with more SOLID proof, not this BIAS opinion from yourself. >>"As far as the change between the testaments, it's fairly obvious that God has changed from a vengeful, wrathful god into one who is willing to forgive, and even give up his own son for our sins. If that's not a change, I dunno what is...." My opponent obviously doesn't know his bible. If you look at the new testament you can see perfect examples of God's righteous wrath (the story of Annanias and Saphira, and the Book of Revelation) as opposed to those of the old testament (destruction of Israel in their time of sin, the flood). Also we can see examples of God's grace and forgiveness in the old testament (promise of a savior, and he did wait 400 some odd years of patience before punishing Israel) as opposed to that of the new testament (the coming of the savior, and the promise of heaven). Thus I have shown how God hasn't changed and is thus perfect even though he is capable of change. And I have proven that through all this he still retains his omnipotence. FIRMLY NEGATED. PS I will most likely not be able to post the next round due to the sad fact that I am being dragged off to a spring break trip with no computers. If you can post in the next twelve hours then I might be able to repond (keyword might). If not I ask your forgiveness and also ask that you not present any new arguments but only further on the current ones. Thank you for this debate. It was fun.