Re: Logistical Paradox


Jim Peterson wrote:
>
> Assume God has the power to do everything.
>
> Can he make a rock so big, that even he cannot lift it?
>
> Any Thoughts? I found this interesting.

Suppose that "infinite power" is properly interpreted in the
way often done in physics: big enough that its precise size is
irrelevant for all practical purposes. For example, the two H
nuclei in a water molecule are "infinitely" far apart, so far
as the strong force is concerned. Apart from allowing paradoxes
to be dodged, this is even somewhat reasonable. God is presumed
to real, not an abstraction, isn't He? Then His Infinitude
should be interpeted in the physics way, not the math or logic way.
In this case, "the power to do everything" turns out to be
"the power to do everything /we humans are even remotely likely
to care about/".

So, suppose that. It turns out that either (1) the biggest rock
God can make is larger than the biggest rock God can lift, or
(2) it isn't. Either one is fine by me.

Jim Burns
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