s 7solutions by distinguishing first order omnipotence (unlimited power to control all) from second order omnipotence (the unlimited power to determine what powers something will have, which there after he cannot control). Mackie exposes that if God has first order omnipotence, then no beings truly have the will to act freely of God. After that, Mackie states that if God has second order omnipotence then he assigned free will to beings and he cannot now control them (defies first order omnipotence). From these distinctions Mackie comes to the end of solution (iv) and states that the only way to avoid the paradox would be to deny God as a continuing being. By doing this it eliminates the free will solution of evil and leads Mackie to his conclusion. Mackie concludes his work by stating that through all the examined solutions there were none that proved to solve the problem of evil. He then states that there may be others to examine, but they will still lead to an invalid solution. After Mackies obvious conclusion that there is not a solution to the problem of evil he comments about the Paradox of Omnipotence. Mackie puts forth the questionability of whether God can be attributed to time at all, in which leads one to question whether omnipotence can be attributed to God at all....
