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rsl12 · 02-17-2004, 07:22 PM

who says a rock has to have finite mass? if god wants to make a rock that he can't move, he creates a new element, called "immovabilium" and makes a rock out of this stuff. this stuff is permanently stitched into a particular place in the time-space fabric and can't be moved by anyone or anything--mass is not an issue--it is not subject to any of the traditional forces (gravity, electromagnetic, etc etc).

What's to prevent god from making something like that?

Going back to my point--it's analogous to god saying "I wish that I were not omnipotent." He should be able to wish such a thing, shouldn't he? One moment he's omnipotent, the next he's not. no paradox.

(alternatively, if you want to play semantics--if the question is if God can make a rock "so big that he can't move it", then you make it so that immobilium obeys all the normal laws of physics until it reaches a critical mass (like chandasekhar's mass for black holes) at which time it stitches itself to the space-time fabric etc etc.)

02-17-2004, 07:22 PM	#34 (permalink)
rsl12 On the lam Location: northern va	who says a rock has to have finite mass? if god wants to make a rock that he can't move, he creates a new element, called "immovabilium" and makes a rock out of this stuff. this stuff is permanently stitched into a particular place in the time-space fabric and can't be moved by anyone or anything--mass is not an issue--it is not subject to any of the traditional forces (gravity, electromagnetic, etc etc). What's to prevent god from making something like that? Going back to my point--it's analogous to god saying "I wish that I were not omnipotent." He should be able to wish such a thing, shouldn't he? One moment he's omnipotent, the next he's not. no paradox. (alternatively, if you want to play semantics--if the question is if God can make a rock "so big that he can't move it", then you make it so that immobilium obeys all the normal laws of physics until it reaches a critical mass (like chandasekhar's mass for black holes) at which time it stitches itself to the space-time fabric etc etc.) __________________ oh baby oh baby, i like gravy. Last edited by rsl12; 02-17-2004 at 07:24 PM..