{"id":10425,"date":"2019-10-04T07:03:19","date_gmt":"2019-10-04T11:03:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/?p=10425"},"modified":"2019-10-04T16:46:14","modified_gmt":"2019-10-04T20:46:14","slug":"can-god-make-a-meal-so-big-he-cannot-eat-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/2019\/10\/04\/can-god-make-a-meal-so-big-he-cannot-eat-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Can God make a meal so big he cannot eat it?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"511\" height=\"489\" src=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/20191004_063918.jpg\" alt=\"Can God make a meal so big he cannot eat it?\" class=\"wp-image-10424\" srcset=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/20191004_063918.jpg 511w, https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/20191004_063918-300x287.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 511px) 100vw, 511px\" \/><figcaption>Can God make a meal so big he cannot eat it?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>That is a delightful variation on a classic logic problem which lots of thinkers have addressed. It&#8217;s called the omnipotence paradox, and there are a variety of responses to it. Actually entertaining Wikipedia article: <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/bc-omni\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/bc-omni<\/a>. More technical discussion: <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/bc-omni2\">bit.ly\/bc-omni2<\/a>. Aquinas argues that logic still applies: Even an omnipotent being can&#8217;t do something impossible. Augustine argues that God must act according to his nature, which means he can&#8217;t create anything omnipotent. The Wall&#8217;s favorite modern response is that the question is just a pile of words: if God is omnipotent, &#8220;could not eat&#8221; doesn&#8217;t make sense.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>That is a delightful variation on a classic logic problem which lots of thinkers have addressed. It&#8217;s called the omnipotence paradox, and there are a variety of responses to it. Actually entertaining Wikipedia article: http:\/\/bit.ly\/bc-omni. More technical discussion: bit.ly\/bc-omni2. Aquinas argues that logic still applies: Even an omnipotent being can&#8217;t do something impossible. Augustine argues &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/2019\/10\/04\/can-god-make-a-meal-so-big-he-cannot-eat-it\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Can God make a meal so big he cannot eat it?&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10425","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-big-questions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10425","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10425"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10425\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10450,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10425\/revisions\/10450"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10425"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10425"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10425"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}