Your original post is a little vauge in the area of differentiating the Christian diety known as "God" from the general idea of higher powers. At first you seemed to be talking about the Christian God but then near the end there I wasn't sure that is what you were really trying to get at. I see that a couple of members before me have tried to narrow the scope of discussion, but I am going to go ahead and reply to your original post anyway.
Throughout history philosophers have formulated theories about the enigma that is our life's Higher Power. There have been ideas of "first mover" type powers, "guardian" type powers and "custodial" type powers and more.
To state that a higher power must require omnipotence, we would first need to assume what sort of power it was. After all, an omnipotent "first-mover" power doesn't seem to make much sense, does it? :P
To begin assuming things in the realm of religion is a dangerous game...where to stop, where to stop?
-Jen
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