2007-04-21 18:03:50 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I don't know, but people have apparently made a god that we can't destroy.
2007-04-21 18:09:02 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
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.
- God is perfectly Good and can only do Good, therefore God cannot create nor do evil.
- 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.
2007-04-22 03:17:24 · answer #2 · answered by Ask Mr. Religion 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe I shouldn't answer because my answer doesn't really answer. OK, well God can do anything so God can make a rock that he can't destroy. But then if he can't destroy it that doesn't make sense because God can do anything. So I don't really know how to answer that. Maybe someone really clever will know, who know. But God could really make a rock that it was against the rules to destroy.
2007-04-22 01:11:39 · answer #3 · answered by butterflybaby20082007 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As far as omnipotence goes, the logically impossible should not be included, so arguments like that are a bit flawed. I could go as far as saying yeah, he would, since he could do anything. But then he'd still be able to destroy it, even if he made it that he couldn't...
That's coming from an atheist.
2007-04-22 01:08:44 · answer #4 · answered by juhsayngul 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No. If He couldn't destroy it He wouldn't be all-powerful, and therefore wouldn't be God. therefore this silly question is actually asking if God can create a situation in which He is not God. No. No such situation can exist, since God is eternal and omnipresent.
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2007-04-22 01:11:59 · answer #5 · answered by PaulCyp 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Good question. I guess if God set out to create an indestructable rock (even to Himself), then it shoud be so.
2007-04-22 01:24:31 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, I posted it yesterday in one of the threads. Yes, He can make such a rock. And then He will destroy it. Omnipotent, you see... :)
Ask Mr. ... Could you please give some scriptural quotes in support of your theory? Thank you.
2007-04-22 01:09:33 · answer #7 · answered by Sadhaka 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A philospher asked the question a long time ago back in medieval, the answer is "No"--If he can't make it, he's not omnipotent, if he makes it and can't move it, he's not omnipotent either, so "God" is not omnipotent, so this "whole" God concept is totally imaginary
2007-04-22 01:09:56 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
god is capable of everything, so i dont think that there is ANYTHING he cant make/destroy.....after all he made humans...whick are the most compex of all his creations
2007-04-22 01:08:11 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. If He wanted to prove a point to tiny minds.
2007-04-22 01:08:07 · answer #10 · answered by Arnon 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋