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rsl12 · 02-13-2004, 06:48 AM

i'm with you tecoyah partly. if god wants to make the freaking rock, he's concurrently wishing not to be omnipotent. it's like wishing to take a gun and blow your brains out. unless you're mentally insane, you concurrently want to kill yourself at the same time. if god really wants to make a rock that he can't lift, he's essentially saying, "i want something to exist over which I don't have absolute power." So he makes the rock, and from then on he doesn't have absolute power. there's no paradox, is there?

the problem comes if you expect god is eternally omnipotent. but if he is up there and plans to continue being omnipotent, then he had better never decide to lose his omnipotence.

if you want to argue that god is insane, then that's a whole nother barrel of monkeys.

the other argument tecoyah makes, that god can will himself to be stronger, i don't think holds water. then you could just ask the question, can god make a rock so heavy he can't lift it, even if he wills himself to be stronger?

02-13-2004, 06:48 AM	#19 (permalink)
rsl12 On the lam Location: northern va	i'm with you tecoyah partly. if god wants to make the freaking rock, he's concurrently wishing not to be omnipotent. it's like wishing to take a gun and blow your brains out. unless you're mentally insane, you concurrently want to kill yourself at the same time. if god really wants to make a rock that he can't lift, he's essentially saying, "i want something to exist over which I don't have absolute power." So he makes the rock, and from then on he doesn't have absolute power. there's no paradox, is there? the problem comes if you expect god is eternally omnipotent. but if he is up there and plans to continue being omnipotent, then he had better never decide to lose his omnipotence. if you want to argue that god is insane, then that's a whole nother barrel of monkeys. the other argument tecoyah makes, that god can will himself to be stronger, i don't think holds water. then you could just ask the question, can god make a rock so heavy he can't lift it, even if he wills himself to be stronger? __________________ oh baby oh baby, i like gravy. Last edited by rsl12; 02-13-2004 at 06:54 AM..