If God Is All Powerful, Can He Make A Rock So Big, That Even He Cannot

[dairygirl4u2c]

i know folks have mentioned this here in passing, addressed it. but, never a devoted topic to it.

God can do anything, right?
If God is all powerful, can He make a rock so big, that even He cannot lift it?
If you say he can make the rock... then are you saying that God cannot lift it?
If you say that he can lift the rock... then are you saying that he can't make the rock so big enough?

Edited June 6, 2011 by dairygirl4u2c

[Amppax]

[quote name='dairygirl4u2c' timestamp='1307327886' post='2250306']
i know folks have mentioned this here in passing, addressed it. but, never a devoted topic to it.

God can do anything, right?
If God is all powerful, can He make a rock so big, that even He cannot lift it?
If you say he can make the rock... then are you saying that God cannot lift it?
If you say that he can lift the rock... then are you saying that he can't make the rock so big enough?
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Really?

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Edited June 6, 2011 by Amppax

[xSilverPhinx]

A variant I particulary like is:

Is god powerful enough to make something more powerful than him?

[Ed Normile]

Weird thought but I will play along. If God willed a rock so big that he could not lift it, it would be so. When he willed to lift it of course he would be able to do so, as it would be His will. All things are possible with God.

ed

[HopefulBride]

ummm...








Yeah......






I have no words.

[xSilverPhinx]

[quote name='Ed Normile' timestamp='1307328546' post='2250312']
Weird thought but I will play along. If God willed a rock so big that he could not lift it, it would be so. When he willed to lift it of course he would be able to do so, as it would be His will. All things are possible with God.

ed
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That reminds me of something.

If god=infinity, then infinity [i](will the rock into existence) [/i]plus one [i](lift the rock)[/i] would also equal infinity.

I don't mean to parody this and this makes no concrete sense at all, I just like to make it fit somehow.

[HopefulBride]

[quote name='xSilverPhinx' timestamp='1307328876' post='2250315']
That reminds me of something.

If god=infinity, then infinity [i](will the rock into existence) [/i]plus one [i](lift the rock)[/i] would also equal infinity.

I don't mean to parody this and this makes no concrete sense at all, I just like to make it fit somehow.
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What exactly is the question here?

[xSilverPhinx]

[quote name='HopefulBride' timestamp='1307329022' post='2250316']
What exactly is the question here?
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Not a question, just playing with words.

[Nihil Obstat]

Ugh. This question was done to death... hundreds of years ago.

[XIX]

Of course He can. God can make anything.

Then He would go ahead and lift it anyway.

[dominicansoul]

well, if he can make souls stubborn enuff to refuse to Love Him, and who go through life not accepting His Church and the Fulfillment of Truth, why couldn't he make a rock that He couldn't lift?

[dairygirl4u2c]

[quote name='dominicansoul' timestamp='1307329674' post='2250320']
well, if he can make souls stubborn enuff to refuse to Love Him, and who go through life not accepting His Church and the Fulfillment of Truth, why couldn't he make a rock that He couldn't lift?
[/quote]

exactly, i like where he's goin with this.

i say, he can make a decision, and then it's over, if he decides it can't be undone.
then again... i think i like what poster said above said more... he can't, then he can... he can do as he pleases.
the later or the former, i like both scenarios.

[White Knight]

If God can strip Himself of his Heavenly Glory and have it veiled in a ordinary human form, while still holding on to His Divinity, Then ya I find it possible He could do even more than that. if He so choosed to. God is the God of the Impossible.


That question that you [color="#0000FF"][u][i][b]dairygirl4u2c[/b][/i][/u][/color] asked, would evenually lead to the question of something much bigger than a Rock, which has been over done. No offense.

Could God ever cease to be God? would be the most logically result of the rock question, no matter how it was answered.


God Bless You.

Edited June 6, 2011 by White Knight

[MithLuin]

Logic Fail

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Logic games aside, God is omnipotent.

[Luigi]

Please!

My seventh grade (non-Catholic) religion teacher used to whip this shift on us when we were 12 and 13 years old.

It has about as much relevance as asking, "How would World War II have been different if Eleanor Roosevelt could fly?" See old Saturday Night Live shows for that answer.

The asnwer is that God doesn't have a body, so s/he doesn't go around lifting rocks. Get off the physical plane and think spiritually.

In other words, buy a vowel and try to solve this puzzle.

Edited June 6, 2011 by Luigi