Can God create a rock so big that HE can't pick it up?

Answer 1

I don't think he'd create it if he couldn't pick it up.

How about a rock so small he couldn't pick it up.

Answer 2

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 can'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 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 that 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. So what they are doing is trying to get God to be illogical. They want to use illogic to prove God doesn't exist instead of logic. It doesn't work and the "paradox" is self-refuting and invalid.

Answer 3

This is a question that challenges God's power.In all religions God has the power to do everything but each answer you give to this question contradicts with religious basis.In my opinion that kind of rock is something that never exists.

Answer 4

No. He created this world didn't He? If He can carry the world in one hand, He can carry a rock , too.

Answer 5

Nope

Answer 6

Nope

Answer 7

god has no limitations so no he can support a whole universe of rocks

Answer 8

God is the source of all power. maybe.. i dont know..lol.. he could just make himself stronger so he can pick it up..so "no"..lol..nice question, verry challanging!

Answer 9

Well... If the chicken came first than, yes he can. If the egg came first than, no he can't.

Answer 10

as long a mother nature says so