Posted by alexandra_k on August 31, 2004, at 20:26:23
In reply to Re: the nature of god » alexandra_k, posted by Larry Hoover on August 31, 2004, at 7:58:52
Can God make a rock so big (heavy, whatever) that God can't move it?
If he can make a rock that big then he is not all powerful because he cannot move it.
If he cannot make it then he is not all powerful becuase he cannot make it.A variation...
(1) God is all loving (benevolent)
(2) God is all powerful
(3) Evil exists (or alternatively, moral evil exists - think here of people who kick puppies or who steal lollipops off kids, or the holocaust, or your favourite example).Here the problem is that
(1) God can prevent evil, but he chooses not to - in which case he is not all loving (benevolent) for allowing evil to exist.
or (2) God cannot prevent evil, in which case he cannot be all powerful.
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