Can god create a rock so big, he himself cannot lift it?

[sealsaregay]

Someone once asked me this, and i really had no idea what to say. Its almost like a question that cannot be answered, but can only be thought about. Thoughts??

[KikoSanchez]

It's just supposed to be a contradiction to the idea of an omnipotent being. Me thinks it's pretty lame :yawn:

[Guildenstern]

It doesn't even make sense. It's just a really ridiculous question asked to throw people off. It's like me asking you, can your body make a shit so big, that it can't fall out of your ass? You just laugh it off.

[shitty wok]

No, God isn't an idiot.

[Martini]

quote:Originally posted by sealsaregay:

Someone once asked me this, and i really had no idea what to say.

Next time, ask approximately how many tons this rock would weigh.

[Hobbes]

I thought this thread was about crack...

[pianoSpleen]

quote:Originally posted by Guildenstern:

It doesn't even make sense. It's just a really ridiculous question asked to throw people off. It's like me asking you, can your body make a shit so big, that it can't fall out of your ass? You just laugh it off.

Actually it makes perfect sense and the only logical conclusion is that "omnipotence" is impossible in a linguistic sense and thus that our current idea of "god" is flawed at best.

And yes it can make a shit that big. Ask any long-term opiate user, a la this, but worse.

[voodoomagic]

of course he can. he can do anything.

[ottomann]

*insert comment about microwaving a burrito; stolen from the simpsons*

[Mutant Funk Drink]

quote:Originally posted by KikoSanchez:

It's just supposed to be a contradiction to the idea of an omnipotent being. Me thinks it's pretty lame :yawn:

Why? That proves that nothing can be truly omnipotent. Perhaps it's even a law of our universe that nothing could be in total power. Are you telling me that god can/cannot make a mass so heavy that he can't lift it?