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Re: If god exists, what created god?
Amita Toprani (toprani@acomp.usf.edu)
Mon, 8 May 1995 16:01:51 -0400
But in saying that God can't do this, you are going against the very
definition of God because He is omnipotent
On 1 May 1995, SWEN2A54 wrote:
> In article <D7u59H.8rF@crash.cts.com>, roosen@crash.cts.com (Robert Roosen) writes...
> >: On 29 Apr 1995 16:14:15 UTC,
> >: in article <3ntokn$hhj@CUBoulder.Colorado.EDU>,
> >: wrightjp@ucsub.Colorado.EDU (WRIGHT JACOB PHILIP) asked:
> >: > . . . If [God] is all-powerfull, can he create or destroy himself?
> >
> > What I want to know is, if God can do anything, can he make a
> >rock so big that he can't lift it?
> >
> >
>
> This is an interesting question, as he is larger than everything else, the
> defintion of Infinite, the answer is he cannot create anything that is larger
> then himself.
>
> It doesn't bother him that he can't, after all, that would be like it
> bothering you that you can't be an ant.
>
> And he won't dissappear into a puff of smoke because he can't create a rock
> larger then he is because he is infinite, and nothing can be larger. And he
> won't spend all eternity wondering why he can't either.
>
> I.e. he creates a rock, it is smaller then he is, he creates a larger rock, it
> is smaller than he is, etc. He won't do this, because he is not stupid, only a
> stupid person would attempt to do anything that can't be done. I.e. I wouldn't
> expect you to attempt to be an ant, a duck, etc. as I don't consider you stupid.
>
> Any other questions?
>
>
> Shalom in Jesus' Love,
>
> Sam Chacko
>
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