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If God can do and make anything, can he make a rock so big he can't lift it?

If God can do and make anything, can he make a rock so big he can't lift it?

That question begs other questions, but assuming it has an answer, I would say no.  God can do anything logically possible.  God cannot make 2 + 2 = 5 because 2 + 2 = 4 is true and God is Truth.  Saying God can't make 2 + 2 = 5 or make circular squares is like saying God cannot blah blah asdk;lfjasdfkjaskjdf blah blah.  The illogical part is meaningless, and therefore you aren't "shorting" God's power by saying He can't do something like that; you actually aren't saying anything at all.

If God can do and make anything, can he make a rock so big he can't lift it?

no. besides agreeing with Sean, I agree with hartz.

Quote from: xCaLeBx on May 12, 2010, 09:36:11 PM

If God can do and make anything, can he make a rock so big he can't lift it?

You're asking if God CAN-NOT do something, which cancels itself.

I wouldn't say that saying God cannot do something cancels itself out.  I can do something God can't - I can commit sins.  But God wouldn't be God if His nature wasn't perfect and therefore He could "choose" to sin.  I would say that God being unable to do something like sinning actually speaks TO His power, not a lack of it.

God cannot do something that is against His nature.

Exactly. 

This question does not accomplish anything other than idle chatter that doesn't matter.

I actually find philosophical arguments quite stimulating. I love to get my brain going on God-related things, and I find it often leads to spiritual growth for me.

As to the actual question, I think God theoretically could do a lot of things that we will never see him do, such as create an obstacle he could not overcome, or perhaps destroy himself. However, he would not do such a thing, because it conflicts with his very essence.

I agree with Mr. Hartzler as well.

In geology, rock is a naturally occurring solid aggregate of minerals and/or mineraloids. (via Wikipedia)

Thus, a rock cannot be made.

Quote from: BubbleBoy on May 12, 2010, 10:28:46 PM

However, he would not do such a thing, because it conflicts with his very essence.

Umm....God made rocks. 

God created land.  Erosion.  Rock.

im pretty sure drb said that?

Well, I like sitting back and watching these arguments evolve.

Quote from: jmhartz on May 12, 2010, 10:05:03 PM

I can do something God can't - I can commit sins.

God CAN sin.  Because of God's nature, he always chooses NOT to sin.

God CAN make a rock so big that it can't be picked up.  And then God could pick it up.

But, I said so big that he couldn't

God CAN sin.  Because of God's nature, he always chooses NOT to sin.

God is perfect and Devine and he cannot do the oppsite of His perfecton which is sin. If God could sin he would not be God and thus God CANNOT sin my good professer. Also I do agree with the last part of your post.

Where does this doctine come from?   NOWHERE in the bible does it say God could sin.

It is but most people know God as God. Not Yahweh.(I prefer Elohim)