The Omnipotence Paradox and the Festive Season
Have you ever been asked the question “if God is so powerful that he can do anything, can he create a rock that is too heavy for him to lift?” It’s a logic game, and the reasoning goes like this: God, if he exists, is omnipotent [can do anything],Therefore, there can be nothing that he cannot do.if something can be found that God cannot do,then he is either not omnipotent,and not really God,or he does not exist.If God an create a rock that God cannot lift,then there is something he cannot do [lift the rock]if he cannot create such a rock,then there is something he cannot do [create the rock]therefore, in either case, he is not omnipotent,and not really Godor he does not exist. A lot of people consider this argument to be fair reason to disbelieve God’s existence entirely. When we say there is nothing God cannot do, what do we really mean? We tend to think of omnipotence as a big thing, that there is no grandiose display of power that God is not capable of. Are we still prepared t...