I hear your god is all-powerful...?
If so, can he make a rock that he cant lift? answer this correlctly and get 10 points.
You will wish doesn't count:)":):)
2006-09-04 15:36:07 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I guess its some you win and some you loose. Sorry about that happening to you, maybe we should call a prayer meeting or for a round table discussion on this issue.
Serious my friend, you can write to Yahoo or make a comment and submit your proof in triplicate that you did in fact answer the question correctly. They will ask for the date, time to the second, and a copy of your answer, Along with that they will ask for a certification that the asker did vote your answer the best answer or a complete record of all the voting and who did vote for you. The voting record must contain full name, a picture, full finger prints, and a certified DNA test to prove that the voters are really a part of the Yahoo Q&A and do have a valid registration.
I am sure after all that Yahoo may consider to grant you the 10 points but first they must submit that to all the other oarticipants to be voted upon to see if such is a wise move.
Plesa do not give up and do get the process started right away. I am sure many others like me are rooting for you and Someone should ask that you be added to the prayer list and that all should request that you be given those 10 points OK. I can see from your profile that there is hope you will get a favorable consideration.
Go for it but be sure to smile and have a great day while you are doing it. I expect to see the results prior to the start of eternity future OK.
Does me trying to understand your problem count as a good answer for you?
2006-09-05 17:41:54 · answer #1 · answered by cjkeysjr 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Everyone understands that you do not believe in a god so again what point are you trying to make?
I don't believe in a god so he could not pickup any rock and he could not make a rock either because of the fact there is no god.
2006-09-04 22:40:42 · answer #2 · answered by Don K 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
About the question "Can God make a rock so big he cannot pick it up?" as a problem for a view of God as omnipotent...
Couple of points here...
First, Omnipotence has historically been understood as the ability to perform any task consistent with His character and essence. (At least that's the classical definition/understanding of it). This would exclude 'things' like...
Re his character:
It is impossible for God to lie (He actually is the one who told us this in the scriptures).
It is impossible for God to break an promise.
It is impossible for God to deny his existence and character (tantamount to lying, of course).
Re his essence:
It is impossible for him to split into two essences (a la cell division).
It is impossible for him to will himself out of existence.
Secondly, there are some things that we can build pseudo-sentences about, that actually don't end up being 'tasks'...some can be quite comical...
"Can God make this question into a declarative sentence?"
"Can God change the subject of this sentence to 'jello'?"
"Can God make this sentence so long that he cannot read it?"
"Can God make the slithy toves gyre and gimble in the wabe?"
(for any fellow Alice-in-Wonderland-Enthusiasts out there!)
These 'sentences' seem odd to us, for they look like regular sentences, but they have what philosophers of language call 'ungrammaticality' (cf.Language and Reality--An Introduction to the Philosophy of Language, by Michael Devitt & Kim Sterelny, MIT Press, pps.89-92).
Then there is another class of sentences in which grammaticality is present, but there are improper referents and relations, similar to the linguists' favorite: "Colorless green ideas sleep furiously". These sentences (and any questions based upon them like "Do colorless green ideas sleep furiously?") are said to have no truth value (neither true nor false)--they just don't have any meaning to BE true or false.
It is into this category that the following sentences/questions fit:
God can make a square circle.
(and the Q-version of it: Can God make a square circle?)
God can make colorless green ideas sleep furiously.
God can make a rock so big it turns into a peach.
God can make a rock so invisible that it casts a shadow 2 parsecs long!
It is in this category that the famous "God can make a rock so big he cannot lift it" fits. As a 'sentence' it actually has no meaning, and hence is neither true nor false.
2006-09-04 22:44:26 · answer #3 · answered by BrotherMichael 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I answered this one... I said the following:
You must be new here... YAWN
You have to understand the more basic things about God before you try and decipher the more complex things.
2006-09-04 22:40:41 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
BrotherMichael is a very smart man. Give him the 10 points. He is right!
2006-09-04 22:54:37 · answer #5 · answered by MamaBear 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
God wouldn't do something that would stop Him from being the greatest and most powerful. That would be kinda stupid.
2006-09-04 22:41:41 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
That is the question of a fool that leads to a dead end!!
http://www.carm.org/doctrine/100truths.htm
2006-09-04 22:40:14 · answer #7 · answered by rapturefuture 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
People are stupid like that sometimes.
- 16 yo Pagan
2006-09-04 22:39:21 · answer #8 · answered by Lady Myrkr 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋