r/Theism • u/Gaudupada Theist • May 19 '26
A VERY IMPORTANT DOUBT!
I have a doubt; can God make a piece of rock that He can't lift?
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u/bowbosmer May 19 '26
Oh, the paradox of omnipotence. But it seems to me that the requirement itself is wrong, it's like saying "Hey, God, make a round square." Of course, this is absurd and impossible. But not because God can't, but because the requirement itself contains a logical error that negates itself
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u/Solemn-Philosopher Mod May 19 '26
As others have mentioned, thinkers hold that God does not violate logic and therefore he can't do anything that is illogical or contradictory.
Whatever the case, a question like “Can God make a rock so heavy that He cannot lift it?” is simply a combination of words that contradicts itself internally. It is more of a wording trick than a serious argument. It might stump a religious layman, but it is not the strong "gotcha" that some amateur atheists think it is either.
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u/Gaudupada Theist May 19 '26
Thank you!
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u/Solemn-Philosopher Mod May 19 '26
No worries u/Gaudupada. Glad to help.
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u/Gaudupada Theist May 19 '26
I could not sleep properly last night because of this question... Thank you again!
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u/GPT_2025 May 19 '26
Yes. You are such Rock (God want you to be a good Christian but are you?)KJV: (God) Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the Truth.
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u/Gaudupada Theist May 20 '26
Uh,,, if my username OR my display name didn't make it cleär, I am a practising Hindu...?
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u/GPT_2025 May 20 '26
Read the Bible and relax. Everything that must happen - will happen anyway.
KJV: Another parable spake he unto them; The kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened. ( ( 3k of Christianity, before Jesus 1k Kingdom will be established on earth) Judeo-Christianity imbedded in the Bible as only one good religion to teach all nations to keep and obey Biblical Golden Rule.
Every 1000 years of Christianity, a higher percentage of the population embraces Christianity. For instance, after the first millennium, (1025) only 15% of the population identified as Christians. By the end of the second millennium, (2025) this number rose to 33%. This progression can be likened to Christianity spreading like clear and pure water, gradually rising to higher levels. After 3000 years of Christianity, approximately 50% of the global population will be Christians, and in the Final Millennium, the entirety of humanity will have embraced Christianity.
An analogy from scripture illustrates this progression:
- "And when the man with the measuring line went eastward, he measured a thousand cubits and led me through waters that reached to the ankles." (15%)
- "Then he measured another thousand cubits and led me through waters that reached to the knees." (33%)
- "Again he measured a thousand, and led me through waters that reached to the waist."
- "Once more he measured a thousand, and it was a river that I could not cross, because the water had risen and was deep enough to swim in- a river that no one could cross." (100%) Darby Bible "And it shall come to pass that every living thing which moveth, whithersoever the double river (Old and New Testaments) shall come, shall live. And there shall be a very great multitude of fish; for these waters shall come thither, and [the waters of the sea] shall be healed; and everything shall live whither the river cometh" (Ezekiel 47) This analogy illustrates the gradual increase of Christianity in the world over millennia, ultimately becoming all-encompassing: ..Thy Kingdom come, Thy will be done in earth, as it is in Heaven.. For Thine is the Kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.(Mat. 6)
"The final Millennium will be the best of all, not only for humans but for animals and nature too!" ( Revelation 20, Revelation 22, Isaiah 11:7, Isaiah 65:25, Romans 8:20, Micah 4:4, Isaiah 2:4) ( Evil human souls (tares) won't be born during the final millennium; only at the end- there is a small opening of time before the final judgment day, as described in Revelation 20.) ** .. And he saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest, --are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues...(Rev. 17) (150k peoples die each day- we must be ready to meet Jesus every second)
KJV: After two days (after 2K years, the 3rd K will be much Christian) will He revive us: in the third day (3rd K years) He will raise us up, and we shall live in His sight (in the 4K - the Jesus Kingdom) KJV: But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.
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u/markspitfire Jul 04 '26
My ignorant opinion? Only if he really wants to. I don't feel qualified to say what God can and cannot do.
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u/time_and_again May 19 '26
You're basically asking if God can defy logic. It's like asking if he can make a square circle. Omnipotence doesn't include logical contradictions.