Paradox of Omnipotence by Isabella Timmons https://padlet.com/iatimmons063/fh9q5firfgio Can God create a rock so heavy that even He cannot lift it? en-us 2017-11-13 03:35:55 UTC 2025-10-11 14:33:46 UTC hello@padlet.com iatimmons063 https://padlet.com/iatimmons063/fh9q5firfgio/wish/206085899 2017-11-13 03:41:56 UTC https://padlet.com/iatimmons063/fh9q5firfgio/wish/206085899 Can God create a stone so heavy that even He cannot lift it? iatimmons063 https://padlet.com/iatimmons063/fh9q5firfgio/wish/206086768 2017-11-13 03:46:54 UTC https://padlet.com/iatimmons063/fh9q5firfgio/wish/206086768 iatimmons063 https://padlet.com/iatimmons063/fh9q5firfgio/wish/206088070 2017-11-13 03:56:32 UTC https://padlet.com/iatimmons063/fh9q5firfgio/wish/206088070 iatimmons063 https://padlet.com/iatimmons063/fh9q5firfgio/wish/206089143 2017-11-13 04:04:52 UTC https://padlet.com/iatimmons063/fh9q5firfgio/wish/206089143 iatimmons063 https://padlet.com/iatimmons063/fh9q5firfgio/wish/206091228 2017-11-13 04:20:55 UTC https://padlet.com/iatimmons063/fh9q5firfgio/wish/206091228 The video above illustrates the Paradox of Omnipotence. It explains that if God could create a rock that He could not lift, then He cannot be omnipotent because He cannot lift the rock. Although, if God could not create a rock heavy enough that he could not lift, then he is not omnipotent because he could not create the rock. This concept is further explained through the idea of free will. Can God create a being that he cannot control? If a man were faced with two options, one being evil and the other being good, an omnipotent and holy God would always make him choose good. If the man were always forced to choose good, however, he would no longer have free will. This video questions whether God can really be omnipotent. iatimmons063 https://padlet.com/iatimmons063/fh9q5firfgio/wish/206091970 2017-11-13 04:27:12 UTC https://padlet.com/iatimmons063/fh9q5firfgio/wish/206091970 Matt Fradd explains his views on omnipotence in the article above. He states that "the word omnipotence does mean 'all powerful,' it does not mean the ability to do the logically impossible." He gives examples of things that God cannot do, such as lie and change because it would contradict his nature. He further explains that "God can do all things that are real and possible" by showing his son that it is logically impossible to draw a square circle, so it cannot be done by God. Fradd says, "you may attribute miracles to Him, but not nonsense." Although, is a miracle not a happening that seems logically impossible? iatimmons063 https://padlet.com/iatimmons063/fh9q5firfgio/wish/206205533 2017-11-13 13:16:23 UTC https://padlet.com/iatimmons063/fh9q5firfgio/wish/206205533 In this article, Vecchio talks about the impossibility of omnipotence itself. He defines omnipotence as either the ability to anything but the logically impossible or the ability to anything including the logically impossible. He says that either way, there is something that an omnipotent being would lack the ability to do. iatimmons063 https://padlet.com/iatimmons063/fh9q5firfgio/wish/206562841 2017-11-14 03:35:42 UTC https://padlet.com/iatimmons063/fh9q5firfgio/wish/206562841 The last article somewhat counters the point made in the previous one. Fradd only defines omnipotence as “all powerful,” excluding the logically impossible. He says that if something is logically impossible, then it really isn’t a thing at all, therefore it cannot be done. His main example of this was a square circle. Vecchio agrees with Fradd’s example in the sense that “roundness and squareness cannot cohere in the same object at the same time and in the same way.” Although, Vecchio goes on to use an example that is not so “logically incoherent,” a heavy stone. Vecchio uses multiple definitions of the word “omnipotence” and several examples to argue the impossibility of omnipotence itself. Whether omnipotence includes the ability to do the logically impossible or not, the omnipotent being in the heavy stone example will always fall short. Without Vecchio’s article, the reader is left to question whether God is an omnipotent being or not. The main point of Fradd’s article being that God is all powerful, in the sense that He can do anything logically possible. The reader would only be given one definition of the word “omnipotent” and only one point of view. Fradd appears to be biased, not even considering alternate definitions or beliefs. Vecchio, however, shines a new light on the paradox, questioning the existence of omnipotence itself, and therefore the existence of God. iatimmons063 https://padlet.com/iatimmons063/fh9q5firfgio/wish/206730677 2017-11-14 14:34:25 UTC https://padlet.com/iatimmons063/fh9q5firfgio/wish/206730677