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Athiests, what does this mean to you?

If God is omnipotent (all powerful) and the creator of all things, can he create a boulder he cannot lift? Answering yes or no simply debunks the Bibles simplest definition of God! I'm looking for a more unique response!

Update:

The question should be "if god exists and is omni..." good catch!

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  • 9 years ago
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    Not much.

    A far better concern for believers is the horror of this god.... murdering babies, by bashing out their heads, asking for sacrifices, and having it burnt...(Judges, ch 11), torturing a man who he even admitted was innocent, just to see if he would remain on god's side....(Job... god murdered his wife and children).

    And as well, if there is a god, and it is all powerful, and all knowing and all loving, as christians seem to claim, then why is there a child dying every 5 seconds of starvation on this planet?

    Christians may say, "they will get their reward in heaven. Yes, tell that to some 10 year old.

    Or

    "God works in mysterious ways." For sure this would convince a starving child. (NOT !) Message then to this kid is "You are going to die... and we have no proof that there is anything beyond your life here and now."

    The suffering on this planet proves there is no god.

  • Tropos
    Lv 7
    9 years ago

    "...can he create a boulder he cannot lift?"

    It's a paradox, which are purely semantic. They do not have physical representation. So we can't expect a deity that is supposed to exist to represent in reality the concepts that make up the paradox. So the boulder statement isn't a great argument as far as I'm concerned. The concept "omnipotence" is equally absurd to expect to have any reference within reality tho. It's just an extrapolated from our concept of potency/strength. And in itself is also a paradox, because as a capacity for an ability is gained other capacities are simultaneously lost(something exists, therefore it can't not-exist at that moment), based on the laws of logic.

  • Anonymous
    9 years ago

    It's a useless omnipotence paradox. I'm not a huge fan of philosophical masturbation. If you have evidence, show it to me. Don't try to think god into or out of existence.

  • 9 years ago

    If he was omnipotent I don't think people would be starving in the world

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  • 9 years ago

    Omnipotence is a paradox. Nothing can be omnipotent.

  • Anonymous
    9 years ago

    The problem is that your question presupposes the existence of a god that cannot logically exist.

  • 9 years ago

    I have more important philosophical questions to ponder.

  • 9 years ago

    It's a paradox.

  • Anonymous
    9 years ago

    It means you spelled it wrong.

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