Re: The concept of god is a logical contradiction
- From: Mike McWilliams <michael.mcwilliamss@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2005 10:05:23 -0700
Skraedder wrote:
indeed, one could say that being able to create or uncreate the stone renders god still all powerful, even if he is unable to lift it temporarily. It depends if you version of all powerful means something like "all power over the attributes of existence of everything""jacob navia" wrote...
---------------------------------------------------------- The concept of ann all-powerful god is a logical contradiction.
Thesis: God is all powerful.
Question:
Can god make a stone so heavy that he himself can't lift it?
No, he can't make such a stone, then he is not all powerful.
Yes, he can do such a stone then... he can't lift it, hence he is no longer all powerful.
The concept of an all powerful being is a logical contradiction.
Q.E.D
Logical? Maybe, but that won't wash with the people you're dealing with. They'll just point out that the big G is outside this logic.
Skraedder
certainly if god can create a stone too massive to life, he can make the mass less while lifting, restoring the mass after, and no one would be the wiser.
Being all powerful would involve some rather tricky tricks. .
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