Could God create a rock so heavy that he could not lift it?

Atheism circlejerk ensues… Don’t get me wrong i’m an atheist too but these types of questions are getting old..

yes

Not to be rude, but this question is kind of..well…dumb lol. This is just like asking what race god is: He/she/it can do whatever you think they can because it’s all imaginary. So just to answer the question: Yes, ‘it’ could lift the rock because even if the god make it too heavy, it would just instantly increase its muscle mass and lift the rock, because its a god and hes so bored with all his power that all it does it lift rocks all day to play with his magic lol.

Huh?

Obviously, you have never heard of Kyuss

I’m as atheist as I come and I’ve never liked this “line of attack.”

All it is is semantic confusion with the mathematical concept of infinity. It doesn’t really reflect on the existence or nonexistence of any deity, Mesopotamian or otherwise.

No he could not make something so big he could not lift it and he is the creator of all things. He has better things to do like help keep me on the straight a narrow that is a job not for him but anybody else.

Yes. He can. And he did. What do you think Earth is? He had to make a machine he called “Sun” in order to make it move.

The real question you have to ask is: Could Jesus microwave a burrito so hot that even he could not eat it?

Okaaaay, right. Another take would be, he or she apparently created man. Peter the disciple was a man. Peter means the rock. Peter denied Jesus. Therefore carried a heavy burden. So yeah he or she whoever they may be (i’m agnostic) sort of did create a rock that became too heavy…..kinda…. Oh well that’s that sorted! Religion, geez.

“Could God create a rock so heavy that he could not lift it?”

Sounds like the creation of mankind to me. :-)

Most Christian philosophers hold the view that God is not capable of logical contradictions. But usually they don’t view it in respect to God’s capabilities, they argue that logical contradictions are not things that are there to be done thus no amount of power could allow any being to perform one. The question basically asks since God is omnipotent, can’t he limit his own omnipotence? If God can’t “do” a logical contradiction then he can’t be both omnipotent and not omnipotent at the same time. This question makes atheists feel smart when they are arguing with uninformed theists but it doesn’t really get us anywhere

I don’t know how much weight he is bench pressing these days. But when I find out I’ll let everyone know.
@Sarcasm Interesting point of view ;)
If you equate a really ignorant person to being a rock and then it is possible he cannot move some of them. For if he could there would be less of them for sure.

Trying to understand and making sense of what God does would make you God.

And, since we are not God (well some of you) we see fault in Gods actions.

It is not God that is confused, it is mankind. :-)

Please know that this question was by no means a matter to stir up controversy, but rather discussion. I simply wanted to hear what others thought… plain and simple. My thoughts:

If God created the Universe… starting with the Big Bang (Because we know eveything after the Big Bang, but not what actually caused it) then he would be not fall into the what we know as humans being a result of the Big Bang… in other words… we are not only limited by our human minds but also by the dynamic effects of the Big Bang…. Point being that we are limited by our Spoace/Time continuum and the lawas of physics that apply. Simply put… if someoe other than ourselves who live in this dimenion are limited by our thoughts and understanding, aswell as the lawas and physics of our Universe… would it not make sense then that a God who could create these things with a “Big Bang” or whatever not be limited by those same things as we are?!? And thus, would not be held to the same laws that we are?!? I do not think this is a “stupid” questions… but one that is worthy of serious consideration… It has nothing to do with personal belifs. Believe whatever you want… but it is defintiely one worthy of thought. My two cents… for what it’s worth.

@Ansible1

Well, I suppose he could, but then again…gee, as far as melon-scratchers go, this one’s a honeydoodle! :P

God has really, really big angels to do the heavy lifting for him. Could He create a babe so hot that she wouldn’t do Him?

Please know that this question was by no means a matter to stir up controversy, but rather discussion
It’s a verbatim phrasing of a standard question brought up in virtually every basic text on religion or philosophy, with absolutely no attempt at being original. The moderators must have been asleep. What is the point of discussing something that has been discussed to death in books and millions of other forums. If you are interested in some well thought out viewpoints on this i suggest you study some books on atheism or philosophy, start with “The god delusion” by Richard Dawkins.

If you are interested in mindless promotion of atheism i’d suggest going to reddit.com and posting in the atheism section.

Because we know eveything after the Big Bang, but not what actually caused it
We dont know everything after the Big Bang, but sure..

we are not only limited by our human minds but also by the dynamic effects of the Big Bang
What dynamic effects? What are you talking about? It’s like you’re using words you’re not understanding.

if someoe other than ourselves who live in this dimenion are limited by our thoughts and understanding, aswell as the lawas and physics of our Universe… would it not make sense then that a God who could create these things with a “Big Bang” or whatever not be limited by those same things as we are?!?
This makes absolutely no sense, and the spelling is horrible.

I do not think this is a “stupid” questions
It’s not a stupid question, it’s just been asked to death.

I’m sorry for trolling you and i’m sure ill get moderated for this, but please try to check your posts for spelling, excessive use of ellipsis and internal consistency to keep the posts logically coherent and atleast one notch over youtube comments.

The question is unfair and I say this even though I am an atheist. Basically you are pitting God against himself

God has better things to do with his/her/It’s time

God made the heavy duty pot you were smoking when this far out question revealed itself to you.

I think he would ask Data to lift it. That android got amazing powers.