The Paradox of Omnipotence

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[jacobraji]

An unliftable stone is a paradox like a "sqaure circle"

By definition, Omnipotence doesn't apply to logical contradictions as by definition it's saying nothing. An unliftable stone in a world with an Omnipotent being is a logical contradiction

[christopherlahure]

Reality without paradoxes is just rocks and light.

[christopherlahure]

It could take a perspective where lifting does not make sense, at the same time as another perspective where the same object is always being lifted. Perspective is everything.

[ralfdsouza-kody]

Omnipotence: can do anything
Theres not paradox in it.
God makes a rock he can lift, but as his son he can't, he can and can't at the same time because hes outside of time. God is 1 and is 3, also hes outside of time, matter and energy, theres nothing impossible to the one who made all things, thats omnipotence

[travgnome]

It would be unliftable, until the omnipotent tried to lift it.

[ssj_krillin]

Being omnipotent means to be able to do anything, It's not paradoxical, If I were omnipotent either, 1 I could in fact make a stone so heavy that I could no longer lift it, but then I would no longer be omnipotent for there is something I can't do now, Or 2 (the more likely) being omnipotent mean weight is no longer a concept to me

[Vickolai]

I honestly hate this argument so much it's so elementary that it's sad and honestly pathetic... This is essentially a child trying to be a philosopher.

[bbyfcn]

Please try to understand how the omnipotence of God works, through the free. In fact, God finds understanding with the believer in the dream. The believer is free to obey God or not. But if a believer throws the stone in the name of God, then we can conclude that God creates a stone so heavy that not even he can lift it. But since he is Omnipotent he uses a believer and can move it. Do you understand now?

[JorgeGonzalez-nplx]

Wouldn’t the mass be nearly infinite almost like a black hole. In fact, two black holes will not lift each other they would just become one 🤷‍♂️

[bartholomew]

Philosophy is just yapping but special because it's people from 1000 years ago

[JuiPero]

Both cases can be true, an omnipotent being can create a rock so heavy not even he can lift it, but he can also make himself stronger AFTER the fact and then lift it. Much like lifting weights, you can't lift some weights YET.