if god can do everything could he make a sandwhich so big he cant even eat it?

Question

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Answer 1

Is God crippled by the fact that He can't cripple Himself?

Can God make a square circle?

Could Santa's elves make a toy so heavy, Santa’s magic sleigh cannot carry it? [Oops, sorry. That question is from my "defense of Santa" schtick.]

Can God divide five evenly by two?

Can God make two plus two equal six?

Can God win at chess if he starts only with a king?

Can God correctly spell table using only four letters?

Can God create a sandwich so large that he cannot eat it?

Can God make a stone so heavy even he cannot lift it.

All of these questions boil down to a single concept,

Can God create something that cannot exist?

It’s a variation of the old saw, “What happens when an immovable object (stone/sandwich) meets an irresistible force (God).

Faced with the irrefutable logic of this question, we are all supposed to slap our foreheads, go “Aha!” And stop going to church, because God’s omnipotence has been refuted.

Clearly, on one level, the answer to all of these questions has to be no. To speak of an almighty God creating an object that He cannot lift is to posit a logically contradictory state of affairs. By definition, an irresistible force and an immovable object cannot exist together in the same universe without creating a logical contradiction. If reason is valid then to speak of the two in the same sentence is to speak nonsense. Thus, the question arguably exposes the fact that an omnipotent God can only do what is logically possible.

This raises the question of how do we define omnipotence. We might speak of God as being almighty or infinite in power. In this sense omnipotence does not mean that God can do anything, but it means that He can do with power anything that power can do. He has all the power that is or could be. Thus, when we ask, “Can God make a Dagwood too big for him to eat?” We next must ask how much power it would take to bring about this result. The answer is no amount of power can bring about that result, because such a result is absurd and beyond the realm of power.

In short, the question shows that God cannot bring about a logically contradictory state of affairs, but it does not show that God does not have infinite power or that God cannot do with power anything that power can do. Rather it simply acknowledges that power cannot bring into being a contradictory state of affairs. Likewise, God cannot lie, sin, change, nor deny Himself, Num. 23:19; I Sam. 15:29; II Tim. 2:13; Heb. 6:18; Jas. 1:13,17. So the knowledge that God has limitations, i.e., God cannot lie so well that he can fool even himself, will not represent breaking news to believers.

Answer 2

God is perfect. So he would not snack before meals. That means he's usually hungry at lunchtime, which is when you eat sandwiches. But God is generous and good, so he would want to share his sandwich with others like Jesus with the fish and loaves of bread. So yes, I'm pretty sure God could make a sandwich so big he can't eat it and he would share it the same way Jesus shared the fish and loaves of breach, which were also so "big" no one person could eat them.

What a cool question! Thank you for asking it.

Laura

Answer 3

The question places God in clone of a few thing that eats as all of us comprehend it alongside with a mammal. God and the object that 'he' refers to are no longer a similar. Separated by using ones own identity with form. God is a pointer to the Unified field of all skill while 'he' is a psychological projection of a 'ingredient', an merchandise. because of the fact the question entertains God as a separate 'ingredient' from the 'ingredient' to be eaten it has no meaning. No authentic or fake.

Answer 4

How about a reference to answer your question:

Matthew 4:1-11
Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the desert to be tempted by the devil. After fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry. The tempter came to him and said, "If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread." Jesus answered, "It is written: 'Man does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.'"17
Then the devil took him to the holy city and had him stand on the highest point of the temple. "If you are the Son of God," he said, "throw yourself down. For it is written: 'He will command his angels concerning you, and they will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.'"18 Jesus answered him, "It is also written: 'Do not put the Lord your God to the test.'"19

Answer 5

I am reminded of the Dali painting called Auntumn Cannibalism. Do you realize that God is supposedly everything, so if he makes a sandwhich it could only be out of himself... and then the rest of that bizarre thought?

Answer 6

This is an illogical question. God can do anything and is bigger than everything, therefore He cannot create something he can't deal with. You're not making sense. But it is a funny picture.

Answer 7

God has the power to do anything however he also believes in waste not therefore he would not make a sandwich he could not eat

Answer 8

good question, this is what you call a paradox. A question with no answer. For example, if God is all powerful and good, then he knows there are going to be serial killers, then why does he allow such evil to exist?

Answer 9

Im glad someone finally said something that made logical sense to this argument. Still dont buy it, but its better than "dont tempt God"

Answer 10

Yes, but then if He wanted to eat it, he could make Himself big enough to eat it after all. So there.