If God cannot make square circles, why should we believe he can turn a staff to a serpent ? Isn't this logically impossible also? What is the difference?
2007-04-23 05:22:50 · 11 answers · asked by Eleventy 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
One should also point out that the Pharaoh's magicians could do the same trick.
2007-04-23 05:27:50 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
His Omnipotence means power to do all that is intrinsically possible, not to do the intrinsically impossible. You may attribute miracles to Him, but not nonsense. This is no limit to His power. If you choose to say 'God can give a creature free will and at the same time withhold free will from it,' you have not succeeded in saying anything about God: meaningless combinations of words do not suddenly acquire meaning simply because we prefix to them the two other words 'God can.'... It is no more possible for God than for the weakest of His creatures to carry out both of two mutually exclusive alternatives; not because His power meets an obstacle, but because nonsense remains nonsense even when we talk it about God.
Is turning "X" into "Y" logically impossible? I do not see how logic fails in asserting that. It may not be physically possible, but that does not make it logically impossible.
HTH
Charles
2007-04-23 05:32:27 · answer #2 · answered by Charles 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Squaring a circle can only be done by modifying it to the point that its definition changes. That can't be done. Creating somthing from something else, or for that matter, from nothing at all, involves no shifting of definitions. THAT can be accomplished.
If logical impossibility is a problem for you, why do you believe in Evolution, when Statistics say it cain't happen that way?
2007-04-23 05:36:54 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
God could change the square into a circle but one cannot be both at the same time. Just like God can't be honest and a liar at the same time cause they're contradicting.
2007-04-23 05:33:12 · answer #4 · answered by ۞ JønaŦhan ۞ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-03 10:58:55 · answer #5 · answered by elzey 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
square circles are cubes...but haha, i get whatcha mean mon. well, whats the point of making square circles. everything God does has a symbol or meaning. miracles are usually made when unexpected. its hard to have a miracle happen when your constantly on the lookout. ya just gotta pray and have faith
2007-04-23 05:31:21 · answer #6 · answered by africanherbsmama 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The activities of the Lord are always inconceivable to the tiny brain of the living entities. Nothing is impossible for the Supreme Lord, but all His actions are wonderful for us, and thus He is always beyond the range of our conceivable limits.
God's energy is beyond our conception, beyond our thinking jurisdiction, and is therefore called inconceivable (acintya). Who can argue this point? He pervades this material world and yet is beyond it. We cannot comprehend even this material world, which is insignificant compared to the spiritual world—so how can we comprehend what is beyond? Acintya means that which is beyond this material world, that which our argument, logic and philosophical speculation cannot touch, that which is inconceivable. Therefore intelligent persons, avoiding useless argument and speculation, should accept what is stated in scriptures like the Vedas, Bhagavad-gitä and Srimad-Bhägavatam and follow the principles they set down. This will lead one to understanding.
2007-04-23 08:22:18 · answer #7 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the difference is that a cicle is not a square , but a circle can become a square
2007-04-23 05:29:40 · answer #8 · answered by gjmb1960 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you should believe it b/c its in the Bible. Why should you believe the Bible? Because it was found! Pray to God he'll show you. You have to believe something. We just didn't appear out of nowhere. Apes? where did the apes come from? GOD
2007-04-23 05:28:46 · answer #9 · answered by Juiles L 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
yea, science ownz god
2007-04-23 05:27:48 · answer #10 · answered by cpt_the_super_shark 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋