Originally posted by debbiejo
It's not god per say, It's us that would influence what we would call god...It's the laws of "attraction of what you think about", It's pulled to you...We are the ones doing the creating...we are part of the creation process..
Well thought... God is not a being that is independent of us, we are part of it, so what it can do or not is also determined by us.
Originally posted by Imperial_Samura
If all the hooha were to be believed it appears God can't make a perfect world where people would also have "free will" - if he wants us free then the world isn't perfect, if he wants us perfect we aren't free. Looks to me like God is caught in a Catch-22 there.
So there are some things god can not do.
Re: Is there anything that God can not do?
Yes and no, neither and both.
If the most fundamental trait of God is infinity, true infinity, in every sense of the term, with absolutely no limits, then by definition all things are within God, including limits.
This is not a contradiction: it is a paradox. Paradox is what results when mind--which functions in an either/or mode--contemplates its superior.
Might as well try to have the eye contemplate mathematics. Mathematics is symbolic, mental-sphere stuff. All the eye will know is what it sees, the ink on paper, nothing more. It takes a mind to grasp the full symbolic dimension beyond the ink on paper.
Likewise, mind can not grasp spirit-sphere stuff. All the mind will know is what it thinks, nothing more. It takes a soul to begin to grasp the full divine dimension beyond those thoughts.
Yes and no, neither and both.
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Re: Re: Is there anything that God can not do?
Originally posted by Mindship
Yes and no, neither and both.
If the most fundamental trait of God is infinity, true infinity, in every sense of the term, with absolutely no limits, then by definition all things are within God, including limits.
This is not a contradiction: it is a paradox. Paradox is what results when mind--which functions in an either/or mode--contemplates its superior.
Might as well try to have the eye contemplate mathematics. Mathematics is symbolic, mental-sphere stuff. All the eye will know is what it sees, the ink on paper, nothing more. It takes a mind to grasp the full symbolic dimension beyond the ink on paper.
Likewise, mind can not grasp spirit-sphere stuff. All the mind will know is what it thinks, nothing more. It takes a soul to begin to grasp the full divine dimension beyond those thoughts.
Yes and no, neither and both.🤣
Very Zen of you.
The above is the closest answer to how I would answer the question.
I believe that God is everything including nothingness, right, wrong, all things and non-things. Therefore the answer is, yes, no, maybe.
Re: Re: Is there anything that God can not do?
Originally posted by Boris
Exist.
Sharp. Like a scalpel that knows exactly where to cut.
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Not that I agree, but if I did, it would be the kind of answer where I'd be thinking, "Damn, I wish I woulda said that!"
Incisive to where--from the atheist's POV--there aint no more to say.
Re: Re: Re: Is there anything that God can not do?
Originally posted by Mindship
Sharp. Like a scalpel that knows exactly where to cut.
🙄Not that I agree, but if I did, it would be the kind of answer where I'd be thinking, "Damn, I wish I woulda said that!"
Incisive to where--from the aetheist's POV--there aint no more to say.
God is also existence and non-existence.