Flying Squid@lemmy.world to Atheism@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoOmnipotent being vs. Metal horse cart. Winner: Metal horse cart.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up1122arrow-down11cross-posted to: atheism@lemmy.world
arrow-up1121arrow-down1imageOmnipotent being vs. Metal horse cart. Winner: Metal horse cart.lemmy.worldFlying Squid@lemmy.world to Atheism@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square6fedilinkcross-posted to: atheism@lemmy.world
minus-squarebizarroland@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up21·3 months agoIt’s a crossover between Judaism and Irish fairy folklore. God can do everything except he can’t touch iron because it burns him. They just try to downplay that because knowing God’s weakness kind of pokes a hole in that whole omnipotence thing.
minus-square🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 ℹ️@yiffit.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·3 months ago“Is it possible for God to make a metal so powerful, even he can’t touch it?” “Yes.”
It’s a crossover between Judaism and Irish fairy folklore. God can do everything except he can’t touch iron because it burns him.
They just try to downplay that because knowing God’s weakness kind of pokes a hole in that whole omnipotence thing.
“Is it possible for God to make a metal so powerful, even he can’t touch it?”
“Yes.”