Sunday, March 01, 2009

Worth pondering...

If God is omnipotent, can he make a huge rock that He cannot carry?

Atheist beautifully put the theories together.

1. If God cannot carry the rock, He is not omnipotent.
2. If God created the rock but still can carry, He's not fulfilling what the question wants.
3. If God cannot make the rock, He is not omnipotent.

Therefore, God is not omnipotent.

Well said... do you know how to answer it?

Bill Gates is super duper rich! Can he give money to you? Oh yes he can... But does he do it? No.. Obviously it's sooooo foolish to give money for nothing to people like you (the ones who questions God's omnipotence). So in the same way, it will be very foolish for God to create that stone just to layan people like you. Like asking Bill Gates to pay you a sum of money, it is not that whether God is able or not. It is the matter whether He wants it or not.

So do you dare to say that God is not omnipotent? He gave His servant me this wisdom to answer.

4 comments:

Timothy Lewis said...

My take on it is that it's an illogical question, because it contradicts itself.

Let me explain why:

If God is omnipotent, Even if He made the rock the size of infinity, it can be carried by Him coz He is omnipotent. So, where can He create something He can't carry? It doesn't make sense based on human logic.

Also, do remember that God's ways above ours, so is His wisdom. So... Case closed. :-p

-Tim

!$a@C said...

amen

Wendee said...

wahseh! it's a good answer..

siehjin said...

tomato is correct. it's an illogical question.

just like asking, "can God create a square circle?"

sure cannot la, the two contradict what. in the same way, "omnipotent" and "rock that cannot be carried" are contradictory... it's an impossibility of logic and linguistics, not an impossibility of ability.