your thoughts...
2007-06-26 14:09:36 · 17 answers · asked by notanotherblondchik4 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
saw this question on TV
*** NOT AN ATHEIST!!!!
2007-06-26 14:16:24 · update #1
This question is very very old one.
I think the one who came up with this q was jobless and got nothing to do.
This q is mixed with the omnipotent of God and limitations of man.
If you said yes than God is not omnipotent because He can't move the boulder.
If you said no than God still is not omnipotent because He can't create that boulder.
You see.. that's the limitations of man.
The answer is God got better things to do than just creating boulders for fun.
But this q is good for ancient Greek gods. Can Zeus do this?
2007-06-26 14:26:42 · answer #1 · answered by IcyCool 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
More than a boulder. He can move heavenly bodies. The Big Bang was an organized thing.
In your kitchen cabinet, you've probably got a spray
bottle with an adjustable nozzle. If you twist the nozzle
one way, it sprays a fine mist into the air. You twist
the nozzle the other way, it squirts a jet of water
in a straight line. You turn that nozzle to the exact
position you want so you can wash a mirror, clean up
a spill, or whatever.
If the universe had expanded a little faster, the
matter would have sprayed out into space like fine
mist from a water bottle - so fast that a gazillion
particles of dust would speed into infinity and never even
form a single star.
If the universe had expanded just a little slower, the
material would have dribbled out like big drops of water,
then collapsed back where it came from by the force
of gravity.
A little too fast, and you get a meaningless
spray of fine dust. A little too slow, and the whole
universe collapses back into one big black hole.
The surprising thing is just how narrow the difference
is. To strike the perfect balance between too fast and
too slow, the force, something that physicists call
"the Dark Energy Term" had to be accurate to one part in
ten with 120 zeros.
If you wrote this as a decimal, the number would
look like this:
0.000000000000000000000000000000
00000000000000000000000000000000
00000000000000000000000000000000
0000000000000000000000000000001
In their paper "Disturbing Implications of
a Cosmological Constant" two atheist scientists
from Stanford University stated that the existence of
this dark energy term "Would have required a miracle...
An external agent, external to space and time, intervened
in cosmic history for reasons of its own."
Just for comparison, the best human engineering
example is the Gravity Wave Telescope, which was built with
a precision of 23 zeros. The Designer, the 'external
agent' that caused our universe must possess an intellect,
knowledge, creativity and power trillions and trillions
of times greater than we humans have.
Absolutely amazing.
Now a person who doesn't believe in God has to find
some way to explain this. One of the more common explanations
seems to be "There was an infinite number of universes, so it
was inevitable that things would have turned out right
in at least one of them."
The "infinite universes" theory is truly an amazing theory.
Just think about it, if there is an infinite number of
universes, then absolutely everything is not only possible...
It's actually happened!
It means that somewhere, in some dimension, there is
a universe where the Chicago Cubs won the World Series last
year. There's a universe where Jimmy Hoffa doesn't get
cement shoes; instead he marries Joan Rivers and becomes
President of the United States. There's even a
universe where Elvis kicks his drug habit and still
resides at Graceland and sings at concerts. Imagine
the possiblities!
I might sound like I'm joking, but actually I'm dead
serious. TO BELIEVE AN INFINITE NUMBER OF UNIVERSES MADE LIFE POSSIBLE BY RANDOM CHANCE IS TO BELIEVE EVERYTHING ELSE I JUST SAID, TOO.
Some people believe in God with a capital G.
And some folks believe in Chance with a Capital C.
Peace and blessings!
2007-06-26 21:58:54 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
God the Father can make a boulder so big that God the Son (Jesus) can not move it until empowered by God the Holy Spirit.
2007-06-26 21:19:03 · answer #3 · answered by dewcoons 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, God created the universe. Planets are the biggest rocks of all.
2007-06-26 21:42:00 · answer #4 · answered by lotus1s 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
And so we discover the problem with the omnipotent god. If he were able to do anything... this would be possible. But then he wouldn't be able to move it, but that's impossible because god can do anything, so he can make boulder he can't move, but........... Good one!!!
Oh, you theists have no sense of humor!!!
2007-06-26 21:19:25 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
God can move any size boulder , He is the strongest of all !!!
2007-06-26 21:13:51 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is a very old question to which I will give the old answer. God does not do that which is against His character. Your questionis in that nature.
2007-06-26 21:16:21 · answer #7 · answered by David F 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
this is a TRICK question, designed to make christians look stupid.
but God is forever wise and praised.
why would He do such things?
2007-06-26 21:20:13 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
no-anything God creates He has complete power over to do as He wishes.
2007-06-26 21:13:05 · answer #9 · answered by beek 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
My immediate thought is what kind of moron sits around and thinks crap like this up. Who cares!
2007-06-26 21:12:39 · answer #10 · answered by Who cares 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋