Moonduck - I think this is our sticking point:
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Well, if you know how to do it, you should be able to do it. If you cannot do it, you, by definition, know some way to get to the point where you are capable of doing it.
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You're making the assumption (I won't argue if it's right or wrong, merely that it is an assumption) that there
is some way to get to the point of being capable of doing it. If we get totally ridiculous about this (and I know you love getting silly really
) then imagine an omniscient piece of dust - it might know all, but it may also know
that there is no way for it to pour itself a beer. Something being impossible doesn't affect the omniscience; the omniscient dust/BIAV/God is allowed to
know that it is impossible. Only if it is
also omnipotent do we allow it to do it. So again, I really don't agree with you that omniscience always leads to omnipotence.