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

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

There's a difference between "not wanting to" and "not being able to". If god doesn't want to lift the rock because it would contradict his omnipotence that doesn't mean he can't lift the rock.

I don't believe in god. That doesn't mean "he" doesn't exist, it just means I see no reason to believe in god. Blind faith is nothing but wishful thinking. What's wrong with proof denying faith? More important than the existence of god is "his" nature. Just because god created everything including us (assuming this is true) doesn't mean "he" is omnipotent (what if god created a being more powerful than him?). It doesn't mean he is omniscient either. What makes god omniscient? What makes something a sin? Why? My view of god is that "he" is arrogant and narrow minded because "he" will not tolerate being challenged. It's "his" way or no way. "He" doesn't even give good reasons for "his rules". Why should we always do what god wants us to do? Sounds selfish to me. Non-believers supposedly go to hell but why? Just because they don't believe in god. Isn't that exercising their free will given to them by god. If god wants us to believe in "him" and worship him (self-indulgence? conceit?) why doesn't "he" just prove to us that he exists? What is so important about faith.

One of the main reasons for my non-belief is that I don't believe in fundamental truths. Nothing can ever be proved beyond a shadow of a doubt whether scientific, moral, or otherwise. Morality is a matter of opinion and scientific "facts" can always (potentially) be disproved no matter how old the "facts" are. Of course, this belief is paradoxical. That's why it's a belief. Some might say I'm contradicting myself. I don't believe in god because there's no proof, but I believe there are no fundamental truths despite no proof. I can't prove it because there are no fundamental truths. Of course, there has to be fundamental truths as far as science is concerned but what I mean is that no-one will ever know what they are. As for morals, whether or not god exists, and whatever "his" views and opinions are (if he exists), there is no such thing as right and wrong except in the minds of the individual.

Posted by Stuart on 2003-08-06 23:14:04