Can God Create a Rock So Heavy He Can't Lift It?

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Re: Can God Create a Rock So Heavy He Can’t Lift It?

@Ranjhaa

I do not see any thing illogical in this question nor do I see it as a trick question. It is a very simple thing really. Can God create a rock (or for that matter anything) that is so heavy that is even too heavy for him to lift? Men do that all the time, we create machines, blocks, buildings, and what not that even we cannot lift or even move. Even small birds or small insects construct nests or structures which after completion they themselves would not be able to lift. And we are mere mortals, God should definitely be more capable na?

Those complaining that we should not compare God to physical beings, but haven’t we always heard of great men, prophets, and other superior beings of the past and some even in the present having “seen” God, listened to God, had conversations with God, experienced God. Don’t all these paint a very physical picture of God or were all those people lying?

And comparing this with the wife beating question is really absurd, nobody asked a yes/no answer here. You can fill out reams of paper if you want but one only expects you to logically explain the answer, which shouldn’t be very difficult if you know what you are talking about, and not go around in circles trying to catch your own tail. Isn’t it so convenient that we will find out all logical reasoning in the world to explain the miracles of the Superior Being and convince ourselves of his presence but will shun logic as soon as we are faced with something we can’t explain?

Peace Ranjhaa

Your reasoning needs a bit of work. Look we define God first, as the Most Powerful, so by definition nothing can dominate God. However if we look at your reasoning instead what you are saying is this, that since men are capable at making rocks bigger than we can lift and God is more capable than us so why can’t He do the same?

Ok let’s ask the question another way. Humans are very capable at making mistakes, if God is more capable than us does that mean He can make bigger mistakes than us? The fact that humans can do things which make us powerless means we are limited in power, but the very definition of God is that He is The Most Powerful, we can’t entertain a question that betrays that formula.

It’s like saying God is The Most Powerful, but if God was not the Most Powerful then there is no God. This is a fallacy in argumentation.