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Subject: A God bound by logic? Author: Damoclese [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] Date Posted: 05/27/02 11:11am An old question that has often been posed here is "Could God make a mountain so big that he himself could not lift it?" On the surface this seems like a trite little question designed to tease the brain. What it asks is much deeper. Basically, this question asks is God bound by the rules of logic, or is he not? If you answer that God is bound by the rules of logic, that meaning he cannot make a mountain so big he himself cannot lift it suddenly God becomes less than all powerful. There is at least one thing he cannot do, which means he isn't all powerful. If you answer that God isn't bound by the rules of logic then God can do whatever he wants. He can make a mountain so big he cannot lift it. Of course, if he can do this, he could also possibly lift it, because logic in this circuit wouldn't be applicable. (if it were how is it possible that the sumpreme being of the universe is thwarted by a mountain?) Damoclese [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

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Subject Author Date Yes. But so what? Wade A. Tisthammer 05/27/02 5:06pm Philosophies of the imaginary -- Damoclese, 05/28/02 12:29am Omnipotent/Omniscient -- Rex, 06/24/02 5:52pm More on omnipotence and omniscience. -- Wade A. Tisthammer, 06/26/02 1:16pm Arrow of time -- Damoclese, 06/26/02 4:15pm Time is... -- Wade A. Tisthammer, 06/29/02 9:02pm My representation -- Damoclese, 06/30/02 12:50am Premise 3. -- Wade A. Tisthammer, 07/ 1/02 1:30am knowledge -- Damoclese, 07/ 1/02 2:26am Hi Damoclese, -- Don, 07/ 2/02 2:35pm Thanks Don -- Damoclese, 07/ 4/02 10:18pm The very question is not bound by logic Biff 07/ 1/02 5:23pm Some good points -- Damoclese, 07/ 2/02 1:13am maybe yes, maybe no -- Biff, 07/ 2/02 9:54pm Hi Biff-- some passing thoughts here. -- Don, 07/ 2/02 3:54pm Interesting thoughts, Don -- Biff, 07/ 2/02 9:35pm perfect.... is still in aplication... -- Don, 07/ 3/02 5:35am To clarify -- Biff, 07/ 3/02 11:10pm Yes I brought up “beauty” ... -- Don, 07/ 4/02 1:49am