Starting with the assumption that god is capable of doing everything : can god create a very heavy stone, so heavy that god himself cannot lift it up?
2007-05-17 02:41:01 · 12 answers · asked by mustang_lost 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
If I must start with an assumption, I cannot dream of answering.
2007-05-18 19:19:01 · answer #1 · answered by Psychic Cat 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Technically, the answer is both yes and no at the same time. If he can do everything, then he can NOT lift up a heavy stone that he created - because not doing something, although an in-action, would be contained in the reasoning that "god can do everything". And, also, since he can do anything, there is also the possibility that he could lift up the stone. This question is an example of the true nature of god as defined as being outside the world of forms and identities.
2007-05-17 10:55:26 · answer #2 · answered by driving_blindly 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Where is God ? God is within you . Trust your capabilities as God would have trusted his and you see the results- you would feel the light of a heavy stones of Life around you. You will be tempted to create not the obstacles ,but good things of life and you will automatically find solution to all stones
2007-05-18 06:35:15 · answer #3 · answered by Prince Prem 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cute. Unfortunately your logic is flawed. It's a case of a logical fallacy known as complex questions. The premise being that God can do everything. Then negating the premise when the "everything" doesn't allow limitation. This is contained within an argument of circular reasoning, also another logical fallacy, also known as begging the question.
Nice try though.
2007-05-17 10:14:50 · answer #4 · answered by jakehardesty 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
According to the conceptions of God in terms of classical Christian theology, God's ominipotence is a quality of his nature, not of his will. God's omnipotence therefore means that God needs no other reality to be who he is-- his existence is not predicated of conditioned by any other reality other than himself. This a a qualitative difference between who God is in terms of his nature and the nature of a creature. God's omnipotence does not mean that God can do whatever God wants, as God is limited in his will by his nature. Therefore God cannot create a reality equivalent to himself or a reality that exceeds his own nature. This sense of God was opposed by a theological conception of God called voluntarism, which asserted that God's will could act against his nature. This was intended by voluntarists to preserve any perceived threat to God's sovereignty, but it ended up making God seem capricious and not worthy of our trust. Sadly, however, when most people consider the quality of God's omnipotence, they think of it, as you are doing, in voluntarist terms.
So the answer to your question, at least in accord with the conception of God in terms of classical Christian theology is that God cannot make a stone so heavy that he cannot lift it. Why? Because to create such a stone would mean that God created something greater than his own nature, which is something God cannot do.
2007-05-17 09:54:15 · answer #5 · answered by Timaeus 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Why would God want to lift a stone?
God is more interested in loving relationships. A harder question is, Gan god love even His worst enemy? If we are God's children, shouldn't we resemble Him in our capabilities for love? Why do we only love our friends?
2007-05-17 09:46:32 · answer #6 · answered by PaxMaker 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
god can create stone
his capabitlities are unlimited
he can lift all stones
You would need to ask him to do something he couldn't do i.e. "God please create a stone you cannot lift"
His reply would be "you can't ask me to do things I can't, when I can do everything"
Anyway, there is no god - but I thought I'd have a go at answering.
2007-05-17 11:31:24 · answer #7 · answered by WiseOwl 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
OK....
well he's trying this one on already....
except the recipe for his stone is all he has managed to come up with so far......he's playing with a little 'space and time' and galaxies and holes and matter and anti-matter...just to make it interesting...
he's throwing in a pinch of free will, a dash of ever expanding universe and a WHOLE LOTTA LOVE.......
he's gonna be tied up with it for a bit...so yeah, in a few infinite lifetimes....check back with him...he might be closer to an answer on that one..........HA HA!
2007-05-17 13:39:11 · answer #8 · answered by someone 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If god is capable of doing everything in absolution, then there is nothing he cannot undo in absolution. god is far beyond physical strength.
2007-05-17 12:20:46 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
impossible ... I do not just say that for loyalty reasons
For God to create this world, He had to create the natural laws as well.
For Him to create them, He has to obey them
That includes "Cause and Effect" where the effect can't be greater than the cause
2007-05-17 10:02:30 · answer #10 · answered by wizebloke 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋