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Harry, as far as I understand it, your argument runs as follows:
1. If God is omnipotent, God can create any thing.
2. A rock so big God cannot move it is a thing.
3. Therefore, if God is omnipotent, God can create a rock so big he cannot move it.
Whereas the response of Kostya/Nano/myself is "There is no such thing as a rock so big God cannot move it." There is no possible rock that is so big God cannot move it. Why? Well, all possible rocks have a finite mass. And God can move anything with a finite mass. So there is no possible rock that God cannot move.
Or, to make it simpler, let me quote C. S. Lewis. "Nonsense does not become sense by putting 'God can' in front of it."
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"The Germans believe that power must reveal itself in hardness and cruelty and then submit themselves gladly and with admiration[...]. They do not believe readily that there is power in meekness and calm."
-- Friedrich Nietzsche
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