2006-11-03 13:49:42 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
again - the question here is not whether or not he can lift a rock, it's "what is infinite". God is infinite - we can't understand that with our human brain because God is in a dimension that we can't comprehend (yet). It's like we as a 3 dimensional person tried to explain ourselves to someone who lived in only 2 dimensions. They don't understand the 3rd dimension because they don't live it.
Therefore there is no answer to this question - God is infinite.
2006-11-03 13:54:23 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
This question is a paradox and cannot be answered.
If a man tells you, "Everything I say is a lie." If he's telling the truth, it's certaintly not a lie. If he's lying, some things he says are certaintly not lies.
God can do anything.
If He makes a rock that is not able to be lifted by His own strength, He can make Himself stronger.
Of course, God can do anything in the first place, so He can lift any amount of weight in the first place.
Either way....
2006-11-03 21:57:28 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
We have a logical fallacy here- an omnipotent being and a rock that cannot be moved are logical impossibilities in the same reality. Either God is not omnipotent, or the rock can be lifted. That easy!
2006-11-03 21:55:50 · answer #3 · answered by stage_poi 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You should ask God to give you a better question since this question is used all the time to try and make people believe that there is no God. Believe and trust that the Lord Jesus Christ died for your sins and you will not have to answer for for your stupid question. 1 Corinthians 15: 3 For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; 1 Corinthians 15: 4 And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:
2006-11-03 21:56:49 · answer #4 · answered by Ray W 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes! he made man and is that ever a rock that can't be lifted.
2006-11-03 21:51:54 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
God is all-powerful but God is also confined, if you will, to his holy and just will. It would not be in accordance with his will to do something like that. For example, God did not create evil but God did create free will and gave free will to the angels briefly when he created them. Lucifer used his free will to do that which was not in accordance with God's will and therefore that which is evil.
2006-11-03 21:57:06 · answer #6 · answered by linefan 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes, but after he does that he can choose to lift it.
2006-11-03 21:53:12 · answer #7 · answered by clueless_nerd 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The question does not make sense...
If God can do anything, can he do something he can not do?
See??
2006-11-03 21:51:29 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
of course not. a rock is a physical entity, and G-d exists outside of the physical reality.
is G-d crippled by the fact that he can't cripple himself? no...
2006-11-03 21:58:05 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
I am just wondering where you got that question. Are you taking a phliosophy class?
2006-11-03 22:03:39 · answer #10 · answered by raemom05 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋