If god is omnipotent, could he make a rock he can't pick up?

If he makes the rock, he cant pick it up. If he picks it up, he can't make the unliftable rock.

So no, god is not omnipotent.

Tetra,

I don’t think you will get far with this.

There is another perceived nonsense paradox of making square circles, etc.

A truly omnipotent being would be able to make a rock of any size; there would be no limit, and he would be able to lift any rock he makes, he would have no limits. Phrased this way there is no paradox.

The problem comes with defining something that is impossible; within the concept of omnipotence an unliftable rock has no meaning, it cannot exist. In the same way that a square circle has no meaning to us.

If we rephrase your question in this light then what you are really asking is ‘can God make something that cannot exist?’

Of course not but that doesn’t imply any limits to omnipotence. It is, if anything, the imprecision of the English language that it can be used to construct nonsense concepts.

Cris

It comes down to a question of whether your omnipotent being is bound by the rules of logic or not. If s/he is, then he or she cannot create an unliftable rock, because an unliftable rock and an omnipotent deity are logical contradictions.

One the other hand, if the deity is truly omnipotent, he or she can simply waive the rules of logic and create a rock that he or she cannot lift, while still remaining omnipotent. We can't imagine <i>how</i> he/she/it could do this, but that's our problem, not God's. :)

That was not a very good nor logical theory you made up there....If you actually think about it you can answer your own question....Since God is almighty he can make any (rock) thing that he wants....whatever he has made he would be able to lift it...and anyways what would the point for that be???