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It seems that this debate has stumbled far into the classic metaphysical style of flamboyant rational structures. It's a simple problem of intent. Logically, the professor has promised something impossible, but he almost certainly doesn't mean exactly what he said. In this case, the professor most likely intended to hold a quiz during one class period without telling the students in advance which class period it would be. I don't think he meant to exclude the last class period. Of course, you can have sadistic professors, it's a breed probably still surviving in high abundance, but I seriously don't think this is a paradox we should get that worked up about. I would rate classic paradoxes of religion as much more important than this one, questions that remain unaswered after thousands of years of debate. A forum on that might be interesting.
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Re: pop quiz paradox 10 Years ago
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You made a comment that interests me... you wrote, "I would rate classic paradoxes of religion as much more important that this one." In what way are religious paradoxes more "important" than any other paradoxes? Perhaps they are, but it seems to me that a fundamental characteristic of piety is faith and that the exercise of attempting to solve the classic religious paradoxes calls to question the notion of faith. I think that for the most part religious paradoxes fall into two categories: 1) moral problems, and 2) problems revealing contradictions in identifying the characteristics of "god". Typical of the second sort is the classic paradox of the form: p1. god is omnipotent. p2. god can either create a rock that he cannot lift, or he cannot create a rock that he cannot lift. If god can create a rock that he cannot lift, then he cannot be omnipotent since there is something that he cannot move. If god cannot create a rock that he cannot lift, then he cannot be omnipotent since there is something that he cannot create. Therefore, god cannot be omnipotent. (Or something like this - I haven't seen these in 15 years or so).
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Re: pop quiz paradox 2 Years, 1 Month ago
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KenCarter wrote:
If god cannot create a rock that he cannot lift, then he cannot be omnipotent since there is something that he cannot create. Therefore, god cannot be omnipotent).
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God, in my opinion of course, consists of Neutral Spiritual Energy, which is an Absolute Energy, and it was a projected and stepped-down energy that God projecdted that became the Creation, that sustains and supports the entire Creation.
This is from Eastern mysticism.
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