Can God make 1+1=3, and if not will you agree he's not omnipotent?

Question

NOTE: 1 is defined here as half of two. Can God make 1+1=3 without redefining "1", "+" or "3"?

Lion: This ain't about the Trinity, it's about logic. Try 230+230=461 then if you don't like 1+1=3.

Love Yahoo: Yeah, but AS I SAID - can he do it without redefining the symbols as we commonly understand them?

Answer 1

God is omnipotent, omniscient, and omnibenevolent-it says so right here on the label. If you have a mind capable of believing all three of these divine attributes simultaneously, I have a wonderful bargain for you. No checks, please. Cash and in small bills.

this is one of my favorite sayings--smile and enjoy the night

Answer 2

Ok, here we go about the Trinity.

Ok look.

God is a trinity of persons: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. The Father is not the same person as the Son; the Son is not the same person as the Holy Spirit; and the Holy Spirit is not the same person as Father. They are not three gods and not three beings. They are three distinct persons; yet, they are all the one God. Each has a will, can speak, can love, etc., and these are demonstrations of personhood. They are in absolute perfect harmony consisting of one substance. They are coeternal, coequal, and copowerful. If any one of the three were removed, there would be no God.

The Trinity can be a difficult concept to understand. Some think it is a logical contradiction. Others call it a mystery. Does the Bible teach it? Yes it does, see trinity, but that doesn't automatically make it easier to comprehend.
The Trinity is defined as one God who exists in three eternal, simultaneous, and distinct persons known as the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Such a definition may suffice for some, but for others this explanation is insufficient.
Therefore, to help understand the Trinity better, I offer the following analogy that, I think, is hinted at in Rom. 1:20: "For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood through what has been made."
Notice that this verse says God's attributes, power, and nature, can be clearly seen in creation. What does that mean? Should we be able to learn about God's attributes, power, and nature by looking at what He has made? Apparently, according to the Bible, this is possible.
When a painter paints a picture, what is in him is reflected in the painting he produces. When a sculptor creates a work of art, it is from his heart and mind that the source of the sculpture is born. The work is shaped by his creative ability. The creators of art leave their marks, something that is their own, something that reflects what they are. Is this the same with God? Has God left His fingerprints on creation? Of course He has.

Answer 3

Dude 1+1=3 is how sex works, at least reproductive sex. "A man and a woman have a little baby, and that makes Three, it's a magic number. . . . " So, yes, "God" or The Gods can make 1+1=3, or 6, or 100 depending on the species.

Answer 4

1 + 1 = 3 happens all the time, it is called reproduction.

1man + 1 women = 3 humans :)

Let me expand on this. Math is not absolute, it is a language and depends on how you speak it for it to make sense. In your question, you have no qualifiers on your numbers, 1 of what plus 1 of what equal 3 of what. One apple and one apple equals 2 apples, yes hard to ever make that 3 apples. But if you say one motorcycle and one unicycle equal 3, that could be very true if you qualifier for 3 is wheels. My point is math is a language and not absolute, I can make math say a lot of things by manipulating it, just like any other language.

Answer 5

God is not omnipotent, Since God must act in a moral an responsible way. God is unable to do some frivolous things , because, it would be a waste of valuable time and energy and devoid of purpose. God does not do the work for people, they must work themselves, to get their connection to him, or results in the world. To make it easy to believe in God by making 1+1=3, would promote laziness.

Answer 6

If God speaks it, it is. If I look at a black box and say it is white, I am telling a lie. If God looks at a black box and says it is white, it is white. By whatever supernatural means that He chooses, since He is purely supernatural.
In other words, God created the laws of our world that say 1+1=2, by saying that they exist. If God utters the words, 1+1=3. The laws of nature change to fit His utterance. Whether it changes for all of our (mankind's) short past, is a different question.
BTW, u ask two different questions, and they are mutually exclusive of each other.

Answer 7

IF there were a God, he could, by definition, do ANYTHING.

But there is NO God, that anybody can substantiate.

The common image of God as a supernatural creator who is intimately concerned with all our personal actions is not a tenable concept.

Given the human avarice and misery so evident in the world, I believe that IF there is a God, he's a cosmic God, not a personal one. He may be a creator but he's obviously not in the least interested in the human condition. He set our universe in motion then went off to create an infinite number of other universes.

Religion attempts to represent the supernatural in the natural world. This is impossible. ALL RELIGIONS ARE FALSE to the extent that they claim ANY knowledge of the supernatural. Take a look at history or CNN News . . . RELIGION IS THE MOST PERSISTENTLY DIVISIVE INFLUENCE IN THE HISTORY OF MANKIND.

In the words of Voltaire:

"As long as men believe in absurdities, they will continue to commit atrocities."

Expat4Cebu
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Answer 8

God defined '1', '+', '=', and '2' at the beginning. If you believe that, then you have one example of his power to define. He can redefine that equation at any moment, but then, we wouldn't know it, because chaos would abound. Ergo; you cannot test this query, and it's non-sensical (in a scientific sense).

Maybe you should assault the equation itself, instead of the outcome.

Answer 9

3 is just a symbol. If we wanted 3 could be changed to mean 2 and 2 to mean 3...get it?

3 is just a curvey line that represents something...you can't change what it represents, but you can change the symbol used to represent something.

Answer 10

Actually there was this time 5 loaves and a 2 fish became more than 7 total.

~ Eric Putkonen