if god is so all powerful ...can he make a mountain that even he can't move?
2006-06-20 06:43:33 · 24 answers · asked by bgdadyp 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
whats the matter smh ? afraid to answer the question?
2006-06-20 06:46:54 · update #1
you guys take yourselves to seriously.
it is just a question and you are getting all worked up. if you don't know the answer than don't answer.
but don't get all butt hurt.
it shows how little faith you really have.
2006-06-20 06:55:18 · update #2
joe shmoe
you got my vote for best answer so far
you have the most well thought out answer
the rest of these people need to take a pill and chill out.
2006-06-20 07:00:54 · update #3
Ah the omnipotence paradox, a classic. Omnipotence is an impossibility (that won't stop people from saying God is omnipotent) because if they can make that mountain, then they can't be omnipotent anymore. If they can't, they can't make anything. For the first part, it'd be like having eternal life/invincibility and still being able to be hurt or killed. It just doesn't work like that. So God can't be all powerful, omnipotence is an impossibility.
2006-06-20 06:57:54 · answer #1 · answered by Joe Shmoe 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
First I Apologize for the trite and condescending replies. That is a very good guest ion, FOR AN ADULT TO ASK, in both undergraduate courses and in seminary or graduate programs you will need to reply to similar questions that professors throw out, and they want well thought out answers, not some of the silly replies about children etc. My answer to you is to consider the other attributes many maintain for the Monotheist God of the Three large faith traditions, (Hebrew, Christian and Islam). God is All Powerful, All Loving, and All Knowing. Now when equally attributed to God, yes he could if he did not know any better, that is a good example of how absolute power or the desire for more power in mankind can lead to some of the current ridiculous deaths and slaughterings of humankind the world and the U.S. are engaged in. The Knowledge and the Love of God demonstrate the knowledgeable and loving use of his power. Not that of a Mad God that breathes Fire and Brimstone. Hope this helps and;
May the Peace of the Loving God Bless you in your Journey.
2006-06-20 14:00:56 · answer #2 · answered by SA Rose A Billy 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Can you move a mountain? With enough faith you can. So yes God could make that mountain, but then why would He want to?
2006-06-20 14:29:21 · answer #3 · answered by L3 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If God was truly omnipotent, He could make a rock that he couldn't lift, and could also lift it anyway if He chose to. How? I don't know, but I'm not God.
Total omnipotence means you have power over things like the structure of logic, so you can do logically contradictory things
2006-06-20 14:00:30 · answer #4 · answered by williamzo 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
One must understand that God is unlimited in power. He can do anything He wants as long as He doesn't do something that contradicts His power. For Him to create something so large that He would be unable to move it would contradict his unlimited power. To answer the question: Yes He could do it, but no He would not do it.
2006-06-20 13:54:39 · answer #5 · answered by KEVIN D 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God is all powerful which means that he can do anything he wants too. If he wants to move a mountain, then he will. It doesn't matter how big it is!
2006-06-20 13:48:40 · answer #6 · answered by The best Me there is!!! 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
can't He make a mountain? well the mountain is there, isnt it? God made it. so yes...He is all powerful. and why the hell would he move it? it is where it is for a reason.
2006-06-20 13:50:03 · answer #7 · answered by just askin = ) 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is nothing that God can not do. He made the mountain, and no matter how large he made it, he can move it.
2006-06-20 13:48:38 · answer #8 · answered by Snow 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God can do anything and everything he can snap his fingers and the whole world would be gone in smoke
2006-06-20 13:46:29 · answer #9 · answered by ballboy294 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some originality but still a lame question.
2006-06-20 13:54:15 · answer #10 · answered by Quantrill 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋