"Omnipotence Paradox"#
Recently, my son suddenly asked me a question about the omnipotence paradox, which took me by surprise.
My son said: Dad, I recently saw a question that I think is impressive: Can God create a stone so heavy that He cannot lift it? If God can create such a stone, then He cannot lift it, and thus He is not omnipotent; if He cannot create such a stone, then He is also not omnipotent.
I: In my view, this question seems clever at first glance, but in reality, it is just a not-so-important question. This question merely presents an issue in a somewhat tricky way.
Regarding the question itself, I believe that if God is omnipotent, then it is impossible for there to be a stone that God cannot lift (it contradicts logic); if God is omnipotent, there cannot exist a stone that He cannot lift. Therefore, the questioner's statement: God creates "a stone that God cannot lift" implies that this proposition requires God to do something impossible (which contradicts logic). However, humans always think according to logic and cannot contemplate things that contradict logic. Thus, the idea of God creating "a stone that God cannot lift" is logically considered impossible, and even if it were possible, it would be incomprehensible to humans. Therefore, saying that God creates a stone that He cannot lift is itself a meaningless statement: it either contradicts human logic or pertains to matters beyond human logic that cannot be understood. Hence, I just said that this question is cleverly posed but not the most important question. Of course, there is quite a bit of discussion on this topic. My analysis above is just my personal opinion and may not be correct.
Note: The question posed by my son is just one of many questions related to the omnipotence paradox, not all of them.