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Does God exist: A hopefully civil and fruitful debate
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I'm not the one who said he wasn't sure if god existed or not. I don't believe in god at all

Kalovale Wrote:How do you defend the self-contradictory definition of a "stone heavier than can be lifted"? And to put things into perspective, these are the relevant arguments:

1. If God is omnipotent, then he can make object A
2. He cannot make object A
3. Therefore he is not omnipotent

Classic modus tollens.

Counterargument: Object A doesn't even make sense, so it doesn't make any sense to talk about God being capable of creating it. As such, the premise of the argument is flawed in the way that it can't be entertained sensibly, not in the way that it is factually false. The argument is thus scrapped.
I don't see how you're having trouble with the concept. It seems pretty easy to me. You would have to use the mathematics definition of infinity to describe the paradox. The rock gets heavier approaching the point of god being unable to lift it until it becomes so heavy that he can't. I just don't know how that doesn't make sense to you. Being all-powerful, can he count to infinity? Can he walk around in a circle until he finds the end of it? Can he purple until he dies of cabinet? Can he defeat Chuck Norris? (last 2 were jokes btw)


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Does God exist: A hopefully civil and fruitful debate - by DrRusty - 2012-07-07, 10:48 PM

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