A honey doodle melon scratcher
Categories : Philosophy |
Here’s a bit of light reading for you from Wikipedia – Omnipotence paradox. This is basically the question of “whether or not an omnipotent being is able to perform actions that would limit its own omnipotence, thus becoming non-omnipotent” or to use an example “could an omnipotent being create a stone that it could not lift?” To me it’s interesting reading, but the question itself seems a bit silly. I like Aquinas’ solution best I think.
But perhaps the best expression of the omnipotence paradox was given by the great philosopher Homer, who asked his neighbour “Could Jesus microwave a burrito so hot that He Himself could not eat it?”
The neigbour’s (Ned Flanders) reply “Well sure of course, he could, but then again… wow as melon scratchers go, that’s a honey doodle.”
