From: Christopher Zinkula (czinkula_at_gmail.com)
Date: Wed Sep 15 2004 - 08:19:21 PDT
Although I don't think it's actually a good question... I think a
funnier version that I heard was:
Can God make a burrito so hot he can't eat it?
:)
Here's an answer I found online...
Since an all-powerful being will always be able to accomplish whatever
He sets out to do, it is impossible for an all-powerful being to fail.
The above atheistic argument is arguing that since God is all-powerful
He can do anything - even fail. This is like saying that since God is
all-powerful He can be not all-powerful. Obviously, this is absurd. An
all-powerful being cannot fail. Therefore, God can create a rock of
tremendous size, but, since He is all-powerful, He will always be able
to lift it. The ability to fail is not a part of omnipotence.
On Wed, 15 Sep 2004 16:10:40 +0100, Edmund Blackadder <edmund_at_helmug.gr> wrote:
> Well, there is another one:
>
> Since God is so powerful and can create anything, can he create a rock
> so heavy that even he cannot lift??
>
> :-)
>
> Oh, the student that asked this question was expelled from its school
> and this is a true story :-) (in the 1960;s of course).
>
> Kostas
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