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The answer to that is the concept of "can't" does not exist for God. Same as how the concept of alphabet does not apply to a number, or how you can't divide by

• IgorPartola 8y ago
  If he literally created the universe and all the laws of nature, couldn’t he create such a concept?
  • mikeash 8y ago
    I think this shows that the concept of omnipotence is itself logically incoherent. It’s the theological equivalent of Russell’s set of all sets that do not contain themselves.
    • ars 8y ago
      > If he literally created the universe and all the laws of nature, couldn’t he create such a concept? That would imply that there are two things: God, and this creation of his "the ability to can't", but since God is just "one" this entire concept can not be attributed to him. You can read about "Negative theology" if you are really interested in this topic. > I think this shows that the concept of omnipotence is itself logically incoherent. It’s the theological equivalent of Russell’s set of all sets that do not contain themselves. That's not a new idea, wikipedia has: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omnipotence_paradox https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omnipotence_paradox The subsection "Paradox is meaningless: the question is sophistry" covers it about as well as I could in a comment here.