Can God create a mountain so massive that He cannot move it? If he can, that means He can't do anyting, because He can't move the mountain. But if He can't create such a mountain, then that means God can't do anything.
PS: I believe in God, but I tend to form my own beliefs on Him/Her/It from my findings...I think that's what God have uis minds for...I don't think He wants us to believe everything we hear and read about Him....
So....can God create such a mountain?
2006-10-29 09:39:27 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
faith defies logic
that is why it is called the mystery of faith
2006-10-29 09:55:18 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I assume you are speaking metaphorically; so you answered your own question.
I agree with your beliefs about not believing everything we see or hear- but I remember my mom telling me the same thing when I was very young and I still hold that statement true to everything around me today, along with if it sounds too good to be true, it is.
If you believe God created the world there are multiple mountains on this great planet that would fall into the category of "unmovable" by our standards- but believing in the fact that GOD can CREATE a mountain, then you have to believe he can dissolve, disintegrate, move or do anything he wants with that mountain and anything else in this world.
2006-10-29 17:48:13 · answer #2 · answered by mac 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You say that you tend to form your own beliefs, and yet a version of this question is asked multiple times per day on Yahoo! Answers alone...leading me to believe that those who ask it are tending to conform to others' beliefs.
In any event, your formation of beliefs about God doesn't do anything to God. Either you come to know God by entering into a relationship with him, or you try to describe someone you've never met using your own imagination. You decide: know God personally, or think about God from where he does not have his source, namely your own mind.
Can God create a mountain so massive that he cannot move it? Whatever God creates, he has dominion over. God is Spirit; mountains are matter.
2006-10-29 17:48:26 · answer #3 · answered by Gestalt 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because God can't do that which is nonsense, you conclude God can't do anything?
When Christians say God is "all powerful," that does not mean God is able to do the impossible. Some things are intrinsically impossible (e.g., you can't have a square circle, because by definition hey are contradictory objects).
To quote C.S. Lewis: "If you choose to say 'God can give a creature free will and at the same time withold free will from it', you have not succeeded in saying anything about God: meaningless combinations of words do not suddenly acquire meaning simply because we prefix to them the two other words 'God can'. It remains true that all things are possible with God: the intrinsic impossibilities are not things but nonentities. It is no more possible for God than for the weakest of His creatures to carry out both of two mutually exclusive alternatives; not because His power meets an obstacle, but because nonsense remains nonsense even when we talk it about God."
2006-10-29 17:48:55 · answer #4 · answered by The Non-Apologetic Apologist 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's an illogical question. It's based on faulty logic. That's like saying "Can God do something that he cannot do?"
I forget the logical terminology for such a question, but it's simply silly. It doesn't prove that god can't do whatever he wants, it proves only that we can ask questions that have no real answer.
It's like saying "if God can't be evil if he wants to, doesn't that prove he can't be anything?" It's simply a question with a false premise.
--Dee
2006-10-29 17:44:12 · answer #5 · answered by Deirdre H 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Everything moves.
The energy that inspires that movement is, for lack of a better term, God. If you can show me something that does not move (on either a molecular and/or a galactic level), that something will be outside of God's creation.
Because everything in creation is in motion, it is true that God cannot create an object that never moves. However, I hardly see that as a liability, under the circumstances...
2006-10-29 17:48:14 · answer #6 · answered by Kya Rose 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
if god can create such a mountain then he would be able to move it for sure. if he can make the world then he can make a giant mountain, but be able to move that mountain because he created it.
2006-10-29 17:42:31 · answer #7 · answered by nicholas m 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A classic paradox. Although there is no answer, I beleive he would be able to create the mountain... but then if he wanted to move it, we would change himself so that he could. So in the end, he can do both. God's the man.
2006-10-29 17:43:13 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Now think, if god created this universe he would be able to move a mountain.
2006-10-29 18:13:50 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
God can create any mountain he chooses and can move any mountain he chooses in his creation as god created all mountains he can move!!!
2006-10-29 17:41:40 · answer #10 · answered by yeppers 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Semantics.
You can't use logic to establish the existence (or lack thereof) of god.
Faith and logic do not mix.
(plus mountains can't be made from fictitious things)
2006-10-29 17:42:11 · answer #11 · answered by umwut? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋