Can God build a wall over which he himself cannot jump?

Question

therefore, is He all powerful?

Answer 1

The classic thing to say is this: God can't build such a wall, because it is absolutely impossible for such a wall to be built, and omnipotence doesn't mean that God can perform all tasks, it means that God can perform all *not absolutely impossible* tasks. This position looks consistent and well-motivated.

(If you think that omnipotence means that God can perform even absolutely impossible tasks, then you should have no problem saying that God can build the wall and then jump over it. Such a view is absurd and self-contradictory, but it avoids even the appearance of any limitation on God's power. Nevertheless, I would think it's more reasonable to go with the above view, where God is unable to do absurd things and this isn't any limitation on his power.)

Answer 2

With his omnipotent common sense, he knows he can't get over the wall that he've created for himself.


He'll most likely figure with his omnipotent wisdom that he can lift it up with his omnipotent power, and pass through underneath it withour breaking a sweat.


Then he'll use his omnipotent argumentative logic to convince you of his omnipotence by saying:

"It matters not whether I passed the wall over or under it. The end result remains the same."
"Believe it and be saved."


Having heard that, it doesn't take omnipotence to figure out what will happen if you do not believe.
If that is not all powerful, I don't know what is.

Answer 3

He can jump over a wall as big as the universe. Is he powerful enough for you to ask for his help ?

Answer 4

HumeFan's answer deserves "best answer" recognition.

It is worth pointing out that the jargon used for what he calls "absolutely impossible" is "not logically possible". Logical possibility is a special breed of possibility that has nothing to do with the real world - we can say things like "It is logically possible that flying, visible unicorns exist and horses do not" or "The sea is full only of rocks" even when this is demonstrably false. This is because there is nothing about the things we've said that render them inconceivable... it is imaginable that a world could exist in which they were the case. We could not, for example, say "It is logically possible that round squares exist.", because, by definition, these things are mutually exclusive, or because no possible world might exist in which there existed round squares.

Another argument might be that we cannot possibly understand God, such is his infinite nature. We couldn't hope to answer such questions, because any question about God is outside of our capacity. We can only say "He is infinite".

Answer 5

the answer to this question is that God can elect to construct a wall it fairly is to severe for him to hop over , because at that second he chooses to. At any time he could replace his concepts in spite of the actuality that , and hop over the wall. An almighty god has the freedom of selection.

Answer 6

im pretty sure he can jump over something he built a wall over. Of course he will not do anything bad. But he can probablyy do things considered impossible by humans. Such as things defying nature, because it was him that made these laws. So if he wanted to he could also change it.

Answer 7

God does not jump over a wall like an undocumented immigrant.
He uses the authorised entry and exit gates.

Answer 8

God can make a God infinitely stronger than himself.

I worship that God.

Answer 9

God cannot do many things. For instance, He cannot learn anything because He already knows everything. He cannot make a mistake because He is perfect. He also cannot create something that by definition is impossible to exist. He cannot make parallel lines cross because then they wouldn't be parallel lines. He cannot create something that is greater than Himself because then He wouldn't be God. Does that make sense to you?

Answer 10

God is everything, of course God is all powerful!!