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Can God create a stone so heavy he can't lift it? Inb4 "hurr he can do whatever is logically possible" - I can make a thing so heavy I can't lift it, so it is logically possible.

>> No.4924019

Reported

>> No.4924037

>>4924015
God can create a stone so heavy that it kills everyone who wastes their time on these stupid logical paradoxes.

gb2 philosophy 101

>> No.4924042

>>4924015
>Can God create a stone so heavy he can't lift it?

God is a linguistic construct invented by man and tagged with various variable attributes. These attributes reside, like the construct of God, INSIDE a semantic framework, and are not the event the attempt to describe. A word like 'stone' is also a tag to describe what we believe to be an empirical object, but the definition will always break down under scrutiny.

It is possible to form a sentence like "Can God create a stone so heavy he can't lift it?" but it is never going to apply to reality external to a linguistic description of empirical concepts we partially comprehend. The answers 'yes' or 'no', along with the question, are mutually incoherent

>> No.4924045

>>4924015
He could make an infinitely heavy stone and lift it infinite times and drop it infinitely on your stupid face. God is infinite and trying to grasp at it with a finite language is pointless. God's not a material thing with arms that lifts anyway, he'd just float that shit

>> No.4924049

>>4924042
Derrida, everyone knows you're actually a hack
>>4924045
So he doesn't even have arms, lol

>> No.4924051

>>4924042
how does the word 'stone' break down under scrutiny? genuinely asking. is it because platonic ideals? (no 'stone' per se, only instances of stones), or do you mean something else

>> No.4924053

>>4924015
>Can God create a stone so heavy he can't lift it?
He couldn't even create a woman that follows orders, so no.

>> No.4924055

Do you want God to crush you with a rock? Maybe you should stop being so selfish with your will so we can finally answer this through empirical testing.

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4924056

>>4924015
A better question to ask is "Can God escape a black hole?" Given that God can do whatever is logically possible, does exerting infinite force fall into that category?
Also, stop posting like a fuckwit.
>inb4
>hurr
>red pill
It's like you want people to know you're ignorant.