"Can Allah create an rock that He can't lift?

Is this a good answer to the "Could God create a rock that he could not lift" question?

  • "Yes, but he could also lift it." The thinking behind this is that if god is all powerful, there is nothing he can't do, and this involves operating outside of logic.

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    If God can literally do anything, then he can defy and redefine the rules of logic.

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I would agree gods are not logical.

The Lord of Misrule

No, that will not do it either !

Sata N.

Your so called "paradox" is actually a contradiction which proves just the apposite of what you seem to intend. The only correct answer is a positive one. In other words, it does actually prove that God is all powerful. God can always do everything.

gismoII

Well if god can do anything, he should be able to create a rock that he cannot lift. But then again if he can do anything, he should be able to lift the rock. You see? it's a paradox. Edit) How would he work around it? Could a god even be truly omnipotent and all poweful? Could such a god even exist? It seems the burden of proof would be on anyone who claims such a being exists.

KRas

all of this is pointless. the answer could be "then god made the rock a euglloodoifhgoiwfhboihwe that is colored alskdjfkljsa" god does whatever you want him to, and can be addressed with the universal copout "beyond our understanding", so belief is foolish

Well, it's wrong, since it's not a rock he can't lift. My answer to the question if God could create a rock that he could not lift is "no". Even if he did exist (which he probably doesn't), he wouldn't have a physical form, so it would be impossible for him.

Don't sell my shorts

God could do anything that is necessary. Because of His superior intelligence He would know where to put the rock in the first place so it would not have to be moved. But he could create such a rock, if it were necessary.

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