if god is so powerful....... can he build a rock so heavy he cannot possibly carry" philosphical question with no logic can u answer?
2006-12-17 12:30:22 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
Yes, God has limits. Just look at all of the evil in the world today.
2006-12-17 12:40:38 · answer #1 · answered by Adam 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well my friend, the religious leaders of Christ's day often asked Him questions to trap Him. He seldom answered these questions and we are even told to avoid foolish questions. The "clarification" of your question fits this, however the first part is a good question...does God have limits?
The answer to this is Yes He does have limits. God said "My Spirit will not always strive with man" This shows there is a limit to how much we can do before GOD says enough is enough.
Often when someone is told about Jesus and what He has done for us...they may be asked if they would accept the payment Jesus made for their sin. Often they say No...but God does give them other chances to accept Jesus but at some point of time, they may just give...their final answer and God will not ask again.
That is a very dangerous place to be in my friend. If anyone has the least bit of desire to know they have eternal life...it is best to accept Jesus today....the link below will show how.
2006-12-17 12:42:35 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, because God is not afraid of paradox. He is beyond our understanding If you've ever read the Bible, you would see that God is full of paradoxes: completely just and yet full of mercy, compassion and love, Jesus was fully God and fully human, all-powerful and yet evil exists, etc. We in our "enlightened" world need logic.
For those who say there is no God, I can understand why you would feel this way. I hope some day you will be able to search with an open mind and heart for truth, and I don't mean that in a preachy way at all.
2006-12-17 12:47:18 · answer #3 · answered by Eric's wife 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Obviously not a question for the atheists,for if one believes in GOD ,then ones GOD cannot have a limit otherwise He would not be GOD and the weight of the rock would crush Him. But since its your philosophical question ,and Man can carry the weight of the world on his shoulder,Then God begin God can sustain the universe in the Palm of His Hand!!
2006-12-17 14:19:07 · answer #4 · answered by JNISSI 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God is a term for a higher being than us.
Being God means being perfect, otherwise He wont be anything more than us. so in this sense, the question you raise contradicts the nature of God.
Also, why would He build a rock so heavy that he cannot possibly carry? there is no logic as you've mentioned right? God has nothing to prove. it is us who should prove ourselves.
God without man is still God
Man without God is nothing.
2006-12-17 13:02:30 · answer #5 · answered by leo atienza 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The limits of god are the laws of nature, said Spinoza.
This is a good philosophical answer because it starts with the analysis of how must be a god, a non-human god, a non-personal god. There's that god must be limitless cause we think that he should be different from us, that he should be able to do what we can't. And that's thinking with a human logic, a human point of view to solve the question of the nature of a non-human entity. The fault of human point of view is that it confers human nature to god; it confers to god: goodness, will, mercy, etc. which are all human values relatives only to human kind.
We can change the point of view and see, in a way cleaner of human blemish, that is to see that god isn't different from nature, that god isn't different from nature and so he is govern by it's laws .
2006-12-17 15:11:42 · answer #6 · answered by carta_philus 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The only way to know anything about God is thru the Spirit of God.You should ask of the Spirit things your truly enterested in.and listen for the very quiet voice within you which will answer you.others oppinions or worthless.as it all deals with there mind. God knowledge is not found thru the mind. but thru the soul.
2006-12-17 13:16:38 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
God can do that, but do u want to ask him to do that.....
God had made us not because he wantsto create a more beautiful world but to share his riches and power.....
that y he made his one and only son- Jesus to go down on Earth to save all and to make a promise
to give his believers and followers power and strength thru the holy spirit.....
God can do anything for his lambs, his children or whatever term u want Him to call u.
He is God ALMIGHTY!!
As for the evil in this world.....
some are God's test for u whilst most are from the evil plot of satan.....
who also believes in him.....
would he kill his love one?
this is satan's plot, making use of this fact to create sinful souls to accompany him in hell after their death.
2006-12-17 12:42:22 · answer #8 · answered by IceღFire Shawn 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes, reality. He doesn't exist.
Oh, in response to the question in the details: we invented words to describe everything, which makes our words completely inaccurate in defining something our own senses cannot adequately describe. This philosophical question is just wordplay.
2006-12-17 12:52:19 · answer #9 · answered by Said 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
God created the earth and the universe supposedly... so if he can haul around this big pile of flaming crap I suppose he can lift any "rock"
2006-12-17 12:38:29 · answer #10 · answered by Wsdm 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋