# Can God create a rock so big that he cannot lift it? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 3, 2004, 10:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-god-create-a-rock-so-big-that-he-cannot-lift-it/277880 "2004-12-03T10:17:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ilsa\_Lund](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a6a055/32.png) [@Ilsa\_Lund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ilsa_Lund)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2004, 10:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-god-create-a-rock-so-big-that-he-cannot-lift-it/277880/1 "2004-12-03T10:17:11Z")
Can he microwave a burrito so hot that even he cannot eat it? Can he roll, like, a totally righteous doobie, like, so, like, phat that even he could totally not smoke it? Could he create ignorance so stubborn that even he could not dispel it? Could he make a cup of coffee so strong he could not drink it? Could he make pie so tasty that he could not eat another bite? Could he make Vegemite so salty he could not eat it? Could he make a trench in the ocean so deep that he could not visit it? Just once? In 1960? For 20 minutes? ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2004, 10:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-god-create-a-rock-so-big-that-he-cannot-lift-it/277880/2 "2004-12-03T10:37:27Z")
Could he write an OP repeated so many times no one would respond to it? [sub]Oops, guess not :D[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2004, 11:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-god-create-a-rock-so-big-that-he-cannot-lift-it/277880/3 "2004-12-03T11:06:21Z")
I’d be satisfied if He just made coffee filters that are easy to separate. ---
**Author:** ![Dijon\_Warlock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a9a28c/32.png) [@Dijon\_Warlock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dijon_Warlock)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2004, 11:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-god-create-a-rock-so-big-that-he-cannot-lift-it/277880/4 "2004-12-03T11:13:46Z")
Oh, come ON, **Lib**! Get real. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2004, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-god-create-a-rock-so-big-that-he-cannot-lift-it/277880/5 "2004-12-03T11:17:33Z")
Yeah, I just thought I might as well shoot for the moon. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![MrFantsyPants](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ba0ec/32.png) [@MrFantsyPants](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrFantsyPants)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2004, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-god-create-a-rock-so-big-that-he-cannot-lift-it/277880/6 "2004-12-03T11:18:39Z")
Could he make a bulletin board so addictive that even he couldn’t get anything else done? Could he make himself so imaginary that even he didn’t believe in him. ---
**Author:** ![shijinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@shijinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shijinn)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2004, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-god-create-a-rock-so-big-that-he-cannot-lift-it/277880/7 "2004-12-03T11:45:02Z")
can he create a sword so powerful that he can commit seppuku? ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2004, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-god-create-a-rock-so-big-that-he-cannot-lift-it/277880/8 "2004-12-03T11:58:15Z")
> [@](#): > > Could he create ignorance so stubborn that even he could not dispel it? I think this one’s been conclusively proven already. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2004, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-god-create-a-rock-so-big-that-he-cannot-lift-it/277880/9 "2004-12-03T12:24:19Z")
A monkey so strong that he could not get it off His back? ---
**Author:** ![Fuji\_Kitakyusho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f0a364/32.png) [@Fuji\_Kitakyusho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fuji_Kitakyusho)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2004, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-god-create-a-rock-so-big-that-he-cannot-lift-it/277880/10 "2004-12-03T13:48:15Z")
Could he create another god? Slings bag of wrenches back over shoulder. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2004, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-god-create-a-rock-so-big-that-he-cannot-lift-it/277880/11 "2004-12-03T13:51:53Z")
Can he make a phone cord that will not tangle? ---
**Author:** ![whole\_bean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/96bed5/32.png) [@whole\_bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whole_bean)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2004, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-god-create-a-rock-so-big-that-he-cannot-lift-it/277880/12 "2004-12-03T14:18:37Z")
ehhh . . . well sir of course, he could, but then again . . uh . . . wow, as melon scratchers go that’s a honey doodle . . . ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2004, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-god-create-a-rock-so-big-that-he-cannot-lift-it/277880/13 "2004-12-03T14:32:17Z")
Could He make an argument so compelling He could not refute it? In GD? ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2004, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-god-create-a-rock-so-big-that-he-cannot-lift-it/277880/14 "2004-12-03T14:32:45Z")
Could he take a crap so big even he couldn’t flush it? ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2004, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-god-create-a-rock-so-big-that-he-cannot-lift-it/277880/15 "2004-12-03T14:52:40Z")
\*Zebra’s nephew: \* Can He-Man beat up Jesus? _Zebra:_ Yes he could, but he wouldn’t do that.