An unliftable stone
Posted: Tue Sep 09, 2008 6:57 pm
Once upon a time, on another forum, I was arguing that, to "can God create a stone he can't lift" the answer is: once God creates such a stone, he loses his omnipotence, but not before. While he could, in theory, do so, he apparently doesn't want to. Later, I was pointed on yet another forum that real "pradox" comes to life if we demand god to create a rock that he can't lift AND keep his omnipotence or, in simpler terms, if we demand A AND B to be true while A implies NOT B. IMHO, this is less of paradox and more like nonsense aka can you have a cake and eat it, too.
But, that's not the point i would like to bring up here (since no religion is allowed, right); the point is, unliftable rock actually exists and, coincidently, it is the largest rock known.
By definition, to lift something here on Earth means to move it away from Earth center, and that's exactly what no power in the Universe can't do to Earth itself. Even if mighty god would reach out and grab our planet with his hairy cosmic hand, and throw through space at the speed of light or something, the Earth would still be at the same distance from its center as before.
I'm not pushing this as religious argument against christian or jewish god omnipotence, etc; just a thought I had this morning about how definitions of things dictate limits of possible (points to... cough... speed of... cough.. light)![Rolling Eyes :roll:](./images/smilies/icon_rolleyes.gif)
But, that's not the point i would like to bring up here (since no religion is allowed, right); the point is, unliftable rock actually exists and, coincidently, it is the largest rock known.
By definition, to lift something here on Earth means to move it away from Earth center, and that's exactly what no power in the Universe can't do to Earth itself. Even if mighty god would reach out and grab our planet with his hairy cosmic hand, and throw through space at the speed of light or something, the Earth would still be at the same distance from its center as before.
I'm not pushing this as religious argument against christian or jewish god omnipotence, etc; just a thought I had this morning about how definitions of things dictate limits of possible (points to... cough... speed of... cough.. light)
![Rolling Eyes :roll:](./images/smilies/icon_rolleyes.gif)