This is but one of the many logical arguments that disproves the existence of God. I'm looking forward to your responses.
2007-09-21 23:47:57 · 16 answers · asked by asourapple100 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I suppose I must add more here...
The question I ask is a hypothetical one. Those of you that criticize that God never would do this are just avoiding my question. I'm asking if he could. I absolutely have the ability to light my house on fire, but I won't. Ability and will are completely different things, and I'm interested in the former.
I know this question has been asked too many times to be counted, but I have never seen it answered. That is because it cannot possibly be answered because there is no answer. It is in fact an oxymoron. Hence the point of me positing the question: there can be no such thing as an omnipotent being (i.e. God).
I will leave this question open so that you may attempt to argue this logic. I wish you good luck.
2007-09-22 22:24:33 · update #1
Christians object to the question because they feel embarrased they've never once been able to answer it.
2007-09-22 00:40:27 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋
If I had a pebble for every newbie in the last year and a half I've seen copy-paste that one off the Internet, I would surely have a rock even Superman couldn't lift!!
God's inability to satisfy nonsense paradoxes and copy-pasted inanities is not a disproof of God. It is simply proof of a new theorem I'm devising:
"Newness to Yahoo" divided by "amount of religious belief" equals "likelihood to post" about "rocks too big for God to lift," "burritos too hot for God to eat," or "hampsters too hairy for God to fire out of a cannon", etc. etc.
2007-09-22 07:45:54 · answer #2 · answered by evolver 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
A) Such overt displays of your educational pauperism are sad.
B) But to answer your query as if it actually was thoughtful, YES! All He has to do is limit His omnipotence for the time it takes to try to lift the rock. And self-imposed limits are not difficult when you're Him.
C) The real question, however, is why He would WANT to? And the answer to that is He would not. It serves no purpose; it has no return for the investment; it isn't even particularly entertaining. And He certainly has better things to do with Himself and His creation!
2007-09-22 06:59:28 · answer #3 · answered by Granny Annie 6 · 1⤊ 3⤋
Youre asking essentially if God could create something and give it the ability to become outside of his control. Maybe maybe not. The simple fact is, we dont know.
Your riddle offers proof of nothing except the desperation of atheists to disprove something they cant ever.
2007-09-22 07:31:24 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Non-Christian theist answering here.
Your argument proves nothing. Since God created the universe, He created rocks and also created lifting. How can His creation be mightier than He? Since He created the entire universe, how can a mere rock compare?
2007-09-22 07:42:11 · answer #5 · answered by Dolores G. Llamas 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
God cannot create anything. Everything has always been here. God has always been here also. No one needed to create him/her. That's eternity.
Since god is everything, he can try to lift a rock that is beyond his own capabilities using aspects of himself. For example, "mini god" cannot lift a "big rock". But it is still god attempting the lifting.
You can't create energy. Your flaw lies in the word "creation". God simply manifests things that are already in existence, coaxing them out. It might seem like creation to us immature humans, but it is not.
When an sculpturer fashions a boat out of a solid rock he has not created anything. But yet it might seem like creation...
2007-09-22 07:06:05 · answer #6 · answered by sassychickensuckerboy 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I think this logical argument which is really against omnipotence - not god isnt the best way to attack religion's false premises.
If an omnipotent being could exist it could make a stoner heavier than it could currently lift, but then it could make itself stronger - it could make the stone lighter, it could cancel gravity and inertia then flick it in to space with a flick of his finger.
I don't think any omnipotent beings do exist in our universe and we certainly don't have need of them.
2007-09-22 07:03:42 · answer #7 · answered by Leviathan 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Please this is getting very tiresome to answer, but in the spirit of co-operation here goes;
God`s nature is infinitly perfect and He knows Himself with a complete and perfect knowledge, all that God does in His nature has a sensible and definite purpose and end, to even consider doing what you ask is to fail to understand the concept of God`s perfect nature.
God could not operate at a less than perfect knowledge of His actions and to indulge in something that would have no intelligent purpose would mean that God is not perfect and does not know His own nature.
2007-09-22 07:04:20 · answer #8 · answered by Sentinel 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
The supposed question is a oxymoron.
2007-09-22 06:57:21 · answer #9 · answered by gwhiz1052 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
God can do anything he wants, But he will not do something just to satisfy your mockery ideals. God will always do something within reason & this question is not within reason, in fact my bible tells me to avoid foolish questions. So I will not answer this one again.
2007-09-22 07:19:05 · answer #10 · answered by birdsflies 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
If that is your best attempt at disproving the existence of God you had better go back to school. lol This one has been done sooooo many times. One would think if they actually had an intellectual thought of their own they would use it instead of plagiarizing someones thoughts. Peace
2007-09-22 06:57:00 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 4⤋