2007-03-20 02:32:17 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
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Sure am, honey! Lol!
2007-03-20 02:37:31 · update #1
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2007-03-20 02:40:31 · update #2
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2007-03-20 11:52:38 · update #3
No. He'd need a Black Hole to devour it, kind of like how Godzilla ate Tokyo.
2007-03-20 03:00:01 · answer #1 · answered by S K 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Your observations ignore the proper, formal understanding of the concept of omnipotence.
The philosophical rationale is that a supreme being, God, cannot act in an illogical manner with respect to that being's divine and perfect attributes. Hence, God cannot make a rock so big that He could not move it, nor could God do anything that would be a logical contradiction to His divine nature.
Omnipotence means God can do everything **that is possible** within the boundaries of a supreme being. Omnipotence doesn’t mean that God can do anything. The concept of omnipotence has to do with power, not ability per se. In fact, there are many things God can’t do, for example,
- God can’t make square circles.
- God cannot lie.
- What God has created in His image, God cannot annihilate (to erase from existence, to destroy completely).
-**God cannot create a morally free creature that couldn’t choose evil or the creature would not be morally free to choose.**
None of these, though, have to do with power. Instead, they are logically contradictory, and therefore contrary to God’s rational nature.
See also:
"Whatever implies being and nonbeing simultaneously is incompatible with the absolute possibility which falls under divine omnipotence. Such a contradiction is not subject to it, not from any impotence in God, but because it simply does not have the nature of being feasible or possible. Whatever, then, does not involve a contradiction is in the realm of the possible with respect to which God is omnipotent. Whatever involves a contradiction is not within the scope of omnipotence because it cannot qualify for possibility. Better, however, to say that it cannot be done, rather than God cannot do it." (T. Aquinas Summa Theologica p. 163-164 , Volume I, ques. 15 ans. 3)
One needs to have a formal knowledge of philosophy and logic to understand the nature of omnipotence. Just claiming Go is all powerful so he can do anything is nonsensical to the trained person. Here are some references for your further study:
Omnipotence:
http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/omnipotence/
Omnipresence:
http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/omnipresence/
The Problem of Evil:
http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/evil/
Epistemology of Religion:
http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/religion-epistemology/
Pascal’s Wager:
http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/pascal-wager/
Ontology:
http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/logic-ontology/
2007-03-20 11:15:42 · answer #2 · answered by Ask Mr. Religion 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, but he could smash a burrito with a rock to such a point that it consisted of particles detectable only by science, at which point it would cease to exist for the theists.
2007-03-20 09:37:10 · answer #3 · answered by Dharma Nature 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
mmmmmmmmmm burrito- I'm hung over!! And yes I know it's Tuesday- there's special circumstances! If god smashed my burrito I would not be a happy camper!
2007-03-20 09:43:57 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Could Godzilla order a burrito combo plate, that even (she) couldn't eat it?
2007-03-20 09:36:35 · answer #5 · answered by thankyou "iana" 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
And why would he want to? I like smashed burritos.
2007-03-20 09:34:27 · answer #6 · answered by mamasquirrel 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
And I like smashed rock.
2007-03-20 09:36:49 · answer #7 · answered by ShanShui 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Lol, maybe if burritos actually existed.
2007-03-20 09:35:09 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Why does it have to be a burrito ? Why can't it be a marshmallow ?
2007-03-20 09:36:35 · answer #9 · answered by You Can't See Me 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
God is All-Knowing, so yes.
God is All-Capable, so yes.
God is All-Capable of Knowing how to get Himself to admit He can't do something.....
2007-03-20 09:37:04 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋