If god can create a stone which can not lift?

Answer 1

God cannot use his power to do something illogical.

For with you great strength abides always;
who can resist the might of your arm?
Indeed, before you the whole universe
is as a grain from a balance,
or a drop of morning dew come down upon the earth.
But you have mercy on all, because you can do all things;
and you overlook the sins of men that they may repent.
(Wisdom 11:21-23)

Most Monotheists including Jews, Christians, and Muslims believe that God is omnipotent (all powerful).

God's almighty power is in no way arbitrary: "In God, power, essence, will, intellect, wisdom, and justice are all identical. Nothing therefore can be in God's power which could not be in his just will or his wise intellect." (St. Thomas Aquinas, STh I, 25, 5, ad 1)

In other words, God can do anything that is logically possible and is consistent with his other attributes.

With love in Christ.

Answer 2

I suppose the question you want to ask is "If God is all powerful can He create a stone so big He can't move it?"

The traditional theist response to this 'paradox' is one of the following. a) for the concept of God to be coherent, it cannot contravene the principle of non-contradiction; the question contravenes this principle by simple supposition; therefore the supposition of the question is logically incoherent.

or b) the question confuses categories by confusing the whole with the part. In this case, a stone is part of creation; it is not logically possible for there to be a part of creation that is larger than creation; since God is powerful over all of creation, a forteriori He cannot be overpowered by a part of it.

Hope this helps!

Answer 3

Don't confuse strength with power