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The god debate again... sigh^h^h^h^h yawn
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Sat, 22 Sep 2001 20:28:04 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Ian Warfield writes:
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Lindsay Frederick Braun writes:
> > Are you implying there are limits to the power of God?
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> I don't see how I'm implying that. God has the power to do anything which
> requires power to do, but He works within a logical framework. Since God is
> good, He cannot sin. This is not a detraction of God's power, but an
> affirmation of His goodness: to sin would be to invalidate His perfect nature.
You're wandering into the "Can god make a stone so large he cannot lift it?"
thicket. Here there be tygers.
I note you did not address my previous post on "Why this discussion now? Did
you do your homework before starting?" but just ignored it.
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| (...) Indeed. I would say that there is no answer to this question, because it's a logical contradiction. God can lift anything He wants, and God can make anything He wants. But God wouldn't set out with the express purpose of making a stone too big (...) (23 years ago, 22-Sep-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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