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Originally Posted by Phage
Of course, we are both looking at this from a slightly naive standpoint. There is a question that goes: "Can God make a stone so large that even he cannot lift it?" Of course this is a paradoxical question pitting an unstoppable force against an immovable object, and many people would say that it is unanswerable.
The answer is of course "Yes". The question is not really based around God making rocks, but around God's ability to alter reality and the rules of logic that go along with it. Omnipotence would allow God to both make a rock so large he could not lift it, and be able to lift that rock, without there being a contradiction.
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Whew, that's very Buddhist-ee. Meaning it reminds me of some of the philosophies of Buddhism, particularly the Middle Way school and the Mind-Only school. I think it's a very interesting idea, and definitely one worth thinking about.
Paradox are solved in two ways, logic and a religious understanding. I think you've done both here.
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Originally Posted by Phage
Honestly, I wonder why I even bother posting sometimes...
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I guess not all of us read everything before we post.
Upon consideration, I would have to agree that He can change his mind, but has no reason too. He knows everything that will happen before it happens, and so acts accordingly. Of course, sometimes He's sneaky, and makes us THINK He changed his mind...But it's all just a trick to make us poor human's feel like we have a say in what happens.
Just because He knows what we're going to do before we do it doesn't mean we don't have free-will. He knows our future actions, but doesn't change them even if they're "bad."
And if I just said exactly what someone else said already, well...Great mind think alike!