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I have been asked that before.........I REFUSE to answer it, the question is always asked by infidels, who want to weaken your faih and blaspheme God, I will not give the satisfaction of an "answer".Well, I'm sure you know the rest of that age old question. How would you answer it though?
I'd tell the man he needs to repent of his unbelief. These are usually the facile arguments that unbelievers concoct that they might supress the truth in unrighteousness. I probably would just not answer the fool according to his folly lest I be like him. Frankly, giving any validity to the objection is part of our problem somtimes.
The argument is based on a philosophical conception of God that, to be God, God has to be able to do anything. If God can create a rock so big He can't move it then His inability to move the rock is a limitation. If He can't create the rock then He is limited by His inability to create the rock.
I don't have a conception of God that He can do anything for He reveals that He cannot lie. He cannot deny Himself. He must punish sin.
And He cannot create a thing that would be greater than or equal to Himself. It might satisfy the unbeliever if you state that the question itself is like asking if God can create a round square and that it is a nonsense question but, again, the problem is unbelief and not syllogisms with these kinds of objections.
Well, I'm sure you know the rest of that age old question. How would you answer it though?
I posed the question to a Muslim once (not in a mean fashion -- explaining that it was a question often asked Christians and I was curious what his response would be.) He said, "God is all-powerful. He can do anything He chooses to do. Hence, He would be able to create a rock so big that He could not lift it. God is all-powerful, and can do anything He chooses to. Instantaneously He would be able to lift that rock." I'm not sure how helpful that response is, but I found it interesting.
If you consider a rock that large, the definition of lift becomes meaningless. Objects move relative to other objects (motion is not absolute). Lifting is simply separating two objects of mass - the one so massive that due to inertia, it experiences no measurable acceleration relative to the other as they are forced apart. Consider progressively massive rocks on earth. At some point the rock either collapse into the earths crust, or it becomes a planet and the earth becomes the rock. This would apply to any other planet. If the rock is in space, there is no other rock to lift against. Objects so massive they can not be forced apart would not be identifiable as separate objects - it would be one object..
That would be a really good way to answer it. After that they would go away scratching their head and sorry they even brought it up...never to return with other stupid questions.
13. Q. Can God do all things?
A. Yes – God can do all his holy will.
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Definition: Person A is omnipotent if and only if person A can do what he wills.
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Again, if I were an atheist I would ask: Why are these two properties contradictory?
Does anyone care to give this last question a go?
Brian
First I would define omnipotent as being able to do whatever is logically possible. Thus an omnipotent being can not make a square circle.
If God created logic, then yes, my position would subject God to his creation. But that’s not my position. My position is that logic is a part of God’s nature, and since he is bound by his nature, this presents no problem. Also see this thread: http://www.puritanboard.com/showthread.php?t=7048&page=3It almost sounds like you are saying that God is subject to logic. God would have been the creator oflogic. We are able to think logically because God thinks logically, and we are created in His image. In my humble opinion