Thursday, March 15, 2012

PARADIGMS OF PARADOXES

I was reading this article and it was really interestingly made and wanted to share with you my part of the story. Its all about God and his Omnipotence.
The author's point of view is, if God was really omnipotent, then why would he create a rock that would be to heavy for him to lift?
If he can make a rock that is too heavy for him to lift, then he is not omnipotent. Therefore he thinks God does not exist.Its the kind of a question that represents the paradoxes used in attempt to prove that God does not exist.
Is this logical? The problem is , it fails to give us very important information that we can prove otherwise leading to unclear conclusions.
The above discussion fails to give us vital information about Gods nature.
God being omnipotent is his Nature and is not something that is independent. Therefore his attributes operate within his nature.
Here is the point. God can not act in violation of his own existence in nature and he has to be consistent with it. If he ceased to exist, then he will not be in all places thus violating his own nature.
His omnipotence is not an entity on its self.
Omnipotence is not the ability to do anything conceivable but rather something consistent with his nature and his desire within the realm of his unlimited and universal power which we do not posses as human beings. It does not mean he has to violate his nature because if he did something inconsistent,he would be contradicting himself.
God is infinite and for him to make something bigger than him, rock, then he will be violating his nature. 
This is cracking me up.
The whole thing is a paradox and they are trying to make God's existence and nature illogical. 

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