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Re: OT: reality (wasRe: Atlantean)

From:<jcowan@...>
Date:Monday, January 12, 2004, 19:18
Andreas Johansson scripsit:

> There appears to've been quite some discussion on this. The latest theologian > I consulted held that, no, omnipotence does not imply being able to defy > logical impossibility.
"It is a sin to regard the fact that God cannot do the impossible as a limitation on his powers." --Thomas Aquinas
> I'll leave you with the question 'Can an omnipotent God create a rock so big > He cannot lift it?' ...
No. -- John Cowan jcowan@reutershealth.com www.ccil.org/~cowan www.reutershealth.com "The competent programmer is fully aware of the strictly limited size of his own skull; therefore he approaches the programming task in full humility, and among other things he avoids clever tricks like the plague." --Edsger Dijkstra