2006-11-06 18:13:43 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Hey that's my quan...give it back....the answer is yes...but he wouldn't because to do so would will himself out of existance.
2006-11-06 18:15:43 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Had Allah, the Glorious been constrained along with being omnipotent, then it would have been possible, but The Almighty Allahs essence and attributes have no contrariety.
Just as, Allah is All Knowing and not ignorant; in the same way Allah is Omnipotent and not constrained or helpless.
It should be remembered that he whose ability has an extreme, due to the limit ness of its ability it can be a helpless and dependent creature(creation) but not the creator i.e. God.
Allahs introduction i.e. Tauheed (Oneness of Allah) is that there is nothing like Allah and Allah, The All Capable is Omnipotent and The Absolute Creator.
Had Allah been such, so as to make a stone which Allah could not lift, Allah would have been considered as creation, rather than the creator and it would not have been valid to call Allah Omnipotent and The Absolute Creator.
But, praise belongs to Allah only (Al-Hamd-o-Lillah) our Lord has, by bringing everything into existence and creating this vast universe told us that our Lords capability has no limit due to which God can be casted as a dependent and helpless creation on any point.
Allah, ‘The Omnipotent’ is All Capable and with Gods All Capability God is sovereign over everything.”
2006-11-07 04:11:53 · answer #2 · answered by knghts10 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1 - 10 of 16 can God make a rock so big, He can't lift it? the stupid questions...?
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Can god make a rock so big that he himself can't lift it?
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Can god make a rock so big he can't lift it?
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Can God make a rock so big he can't lift it?
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If God can do anything, can he make a rock so big he can't lift it?
Asked by Mr.Idiot - 6 minutes ago - Religion & Spirituality - 8 Answers - Open Questions
remembering the 3 atributes of God, can he make a rock so big that He can't lift it?
it is impossible for the creator to create something greater than himself. theres your answer.
Asked by Harley W - 6 months ago - Religion & Spirituality - 9 Answers - Resolved Questions
if god is all powerfull can he make a rock so big he himself can't lift it?
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If God can do anything, can He make a rock so big that he himself can't lift it?
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Asked by Sweaty Teddy - 7 months ago - Religion & Spirituality - 20 Answers - Resolved Questions
If GOD is all powerful, can he make a rock so big that HE HIMSELF can't lift it?
Haha...trick question...my dad drives me crazy with that one.
Asked by bdj642005 - 10 months ago - Religion & Spirituality - 12 Answers - Resolved Questions
if god is all powerful, is it possible that he can make a rock so big that even he can't lift it?
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2006-11-07 02:21:23 · answer #3 · answered by 2ndchhapteracts 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hello, if God is so powerful, your question is moot! He will always be able to lift any rock of any size He creates. Duh! Try to ask a more sensible question next time. Don't act smart but instead look foolish.
2006-11-07 02:26:07 · answer #4 · answered by Seraph 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This question is representative of the type of paradoxes atheists use in attempts to prove that God cannot exist. It works like this. God is supposed to be omnipotent. If He is omnipotent, then He can create a rock so big that He can't pick it up. If He cannot make a rock like this, then He is not omnipotent. If He can make a rock so big He can't pick it up, then He isn't omnipotent either. Either way demonstrates that God cannot do something. Therefore God is not omnipotent. Therefore God does not exist.
Is this logical? A little. However, the problem is that this bit of logic omits some crucial information. Therefore, it's conclusion is inaccurate.
What the above "paradox" lacks is vital information concerning God's nature. His omnipotence is not something independent of His nature. It is part of His nature. God has a nature and His attributes operate within that nature, as does anything and everything else.
For example, I have human nature. I can run, but I cannot outrun a lion. My nature simply does not permit it. My ability to run is connected to my nature and I cannot violate it. So too with God. His omnipotence is connected to His nature since being omnipotent is part of what He is. Omnipotence, then, must be consistent with what He is and not with what He is not since His omnipotence is not an entity to itself. Therefore, God can only do those things that are consistent with His nature. He cannot lie because it is against His nature to do so. Not being able to lie does not mean He is not God or that He is not all powerful. Also, He cannot cease to be God. Since He is in all places at all times, if He stopped existing then He wouldn't be in all places at all times. Therefore, He cannot cease to exist without violating His own nature.
The point is that God cannot do something that is a violation of His own existence and nature. Therefore, He cannot make a rock so big he can't pick up, or make something bigger than Himself, etc. But, not being able to do this does not mean He is not God, nor that He is not omnipotent. Omnipotence is not the ability to do anything conceivable, but the ability to do anything consistent with His nature and consistent with His desire within the realm of His unlimited and universal power which we do not possess. This does not mean He can violate His own nature. If He did something inconsistent with His nature, then He would be self-contradictory. If God were self- contradictory, He would not be true. Likewise, if He did something that violated His nature, like make a rock so big He couldn't pick it up, He would also not be true since that would be a self- contradiction. Since truth is not self-contradictory, as neither is God, if He were not true, then He would not be God. But God is true and not self-contradictory. Therefore, God cannot do something that violates His own nature.
Another way to look at it is to realize that in order for God to make something so big He couldn't pick it up, He would have to make a rock bigger than Himself. Since He is infinite in size, He would have to make something that would be bigger than Himself. Since it is His nature to be the biggest thing in existence because He created all things, He cannot violate His own nature by making a rock that is larger than He.
Also, since a rock, by definition, is not infinitely big, then it isn't logically possible to make a rock, something that is finite in size, be infinite in size (no longer a rock) since only God is infinite in size. At dictionary.com, a rock is defined as a "Relatively hard, naturally formed mineral or petrified matter; stone. a) A relatively small piece or fragment of such material. b) A relatively large body of such material, as a cliff or peak. c) A naturally formed aggregate of mineral matter constituting a significant part of the earth's crust." A rock, by definition, is not infinitely large. So to say the rock must be so big that God cannot pick it up is to say that the rock is no longer a rock.
What the critics are asking is that God become self-contradictory as a proof He doesn't exist. Their assertion is illogical from the start. What they are doing is trying to get God to be illogical. They are being illogical to prove God doesn't exist, instead of using logic. It doesn't work and the "paradox" is self-refuting and invalid.
2014-01-25 10:09:09 · answer #5 · answered by ? 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God can do anything logically possible, and according to His nature. So the answer to that question is no.
2006-11-07 02:16:10 · answer #6 · answered by need_to_climb 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
But he's all powerful! But he could do anything! Oh noes, it's a loop, just like the statement "This is a lie"
2006-11-07 02:16:14 · answer #7 · answered by spirenteh 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What surface would such a big rock be sitting on???
2006-11-07 02:44:31 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
How many times must we revisit this question? He could but why would he do that? That would imply stupidity and of course God is not stupid!!!
2006-11-07 02:17:38 · answer #9 · answered by aali_and_harith 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
he could and would`ve tried but his mother said "why make yourself look like an idiot?"
2006-11-07 02:19:01 · answer #10 · answered by trtl03 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋