Can the omnipotent God create a stone which he(she?) him(her?)self Cannot carry?

(Note: blasphemy added by levik. Disregard if offensive)

Using calculus, one can actually come up with an answer (sort of) to this problem.

Let's first re-word the question just a little bit: "What happens when an irresistable force (God) comes up against an immovable object (the rock)?"

Well, first of all, an irrisistible force is one that has infinite magnitude. Therefore, F=∞.

However, an immovable object has infinite inertia, and mass, by definition, is a measurement of inertia.

Recall that F=ma. Since we want to know what happens in this situation, we solve for acceleration: F/m=a.

Plug in our values and we get: a=∞/∞.

The form of ∞/∞ is what is called indeterminate.

In other words, we have no idea. Anything could happen. ANYTHING.

Now, if you ask me, that indicates that, should such a God create such a rock, the universe would implode, since (supposedly) God is infallable.

Anywho, that's my take on it.

Posted by George on 2005-01-27 06:06:21