Can God create a rock so heavy He can't lift it? This and other paradoxical (and somewhat ridiculous) questions are repeated so many times they are quickly passed off as simply unanswerable just to make the matter easier to deal with. Which is sad, considering how easy the answer is to come by: Yes, if He imposes limitations upon Himself to do it. Not only is this answer simple, but, surprisingly, it is Biblical. Just as God created a cross so burdensome He needed help to carry it (Matthew 27:32), God can impose limitations upon Himself.A few other silly questions atheists throw our way:
1. Can God create a spherical triangle?
2. Could God think of a time when He was not omnipotent? If He can't think of it, He isn't omnipotent, but if He does think of it then there was a time when He wasn't omnipotent?
3. If God can do anything, does that mean He can fail?
By asking these self-cancelling questions, atheists hope to "prove" God doesn't exist simply because they were able to hopelessly confuse a Christian. In the future, don't fall for it. If the atheist has any common sense He knows none of these questions can resolve the question of whether or not God exists.
In Christ's Love,
Matthew
4 comments:
I posted my answer to your question about spontaneous generation on my blog.
Thank you,
It was interesting jogging my memory.
I have quite a few VHS tapes of Dr. Hazen laying around, and it brought back memories.
anyway take it easy.
Let me give You a little help with that:
can God create a Virgin that might give birth while still remaining a Virgin?
can God create a body capable of containing Him Who is infinite in every aspect?
1. Yes
2. Yes
Usually the goal of these questions is to force the Christian into a 'lose-lose' situation where whether the answer be yes or no, they are admitting that God may not be omnipotent. These questions you've asked seem to fail in that area.
(Question #1 seems particularly non-problematic & question #2 makes the incorrect assumption that God is infinite in material size - God is a spirit [John 4:24])
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