Can God make a rock He can't move?

[Tinkerpeach]

Now there is an answer to this question but I am curious to see how many people can get it.

Doesn't matter who your god actually is as long as it's some sort of all powerful being.

 

[SalixIncendium]

No gods have yet. Rocks are always moving.

 

[PoetPhilosopher]

Now there is an answer to this question but I am curious to see how many people can get it.

Doesn't matter who your god actually is as long as it's some sort of all powerful being.

I'd say if God can create a rock he can't lift, he's not omnipotent. If on the other hand, he can't create a stone he can't lift - again, he's not omnipotent.

 

[SalixIncendium]

I'd say if God can create a rock he can't lift, he's not omnipotent. If on the other hand, he can't create a stone he can't lift - again, he's not omnipotent.

One doesn't have to lift something to move it.

 

[Tinkerpeach]

I'd say if God can create a rock he can't lift, he's not omnipotent. If on the other hand, he can't create a stone he can't lift - again, he's not omnipotent.

That is the crux of the paradox yes.

But not the answer.

 

[Tinkerpeach]

One doesn't have to lift something to move it.

Good one but no that is not the answer either.

 

[PoetPhilosopher]

That is the crux of the paradox yes.

But not the answer.

I'm curious to see your answer to the paradox.

 

[SalixIncendium]

Good try but the question says lift, not move.

*points to the question*

Actually, the question does say move.

 

[Tinkerpeach]

*points to the question*

Actually, the question does say move.

Yes I corrected my response.

 

[Tinkerpeach]

I'm curious to see your answer to the paradox.

I will give it but will let the thread go on for awhile first.

I'm curious to see what others have to say.

 

[PoetPhilosopher]

I will give it but will let the thread go on for awhile first.

I'm curious to see what others have to say.

I'm thinking the trick to "winning" such a paradox would be pointing out a flaw in the paradox itself.

 

[PoetPhilosopher]

I think I'll go with the answer: "God probably can lift the rock, but afterwards, he'd no longer be all-powerful."

 

[Tinkerpeach]

I think I'll go with the answer: "God probably can lift the rock, but afterwards, he'd no longer be all-powerful."

No, God is all powerful so that is the assumption you have to work with.

 

[F1fan]

Now there is an answer to this question but I am curious to see how many people can get it.

Humans can't invent an all-powerful God, as this question reveals. Human minds can create confusion and paradox to trap themselves.

Doesn't matter who your god actually is as long as it's some sort of all powerful being.

My god makes amazing salads.

 

[F1fan]

There is an answer, it's a philosophical question really.

It's about how to solve a paradox.

The solution to a paradox is not be trapped by the paradox. This sort of freedom and agency is uncomfortable for many folks.

 

[We Never Know]

Now there is an answer to this question but I am curious to see how many people can get it.

Doesn't matter who your god actually is as long as it's some sort of all powerful being.

Seems to me the law of non-contradiction would have to be violated in your paradox

 

[Tinkerpeach]

Seems to me the law of non-contradiction would have to be violated in your paradox

Nope

 

[Tinkerpeach]

The solution to a paradox is not be trapped by the paradox. This sort of freedom and agency is uncomfortable for many folks.

You are very close.

 

[We Never Know]

Nope

That may not be your answer but it would violate the non-contradiction law.

 

[Tinkerpeach]

That may not be your answer but it would violate the non-contradiction law.

Actually the answer doesn't contradict it. In fact, the non-contradiction law is part of the answer.