# If God is all powerful... **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [February 26, 2001, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-god-is-all-powerful/55924 "2001-02-26T14:59:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![bare](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bare/32/471_2.png) [@bare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bare)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2001, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-god-is-all-powerful/55924/1 "2001-02-26T14:59:41Z")
can he make a stone bigger than he can roll? ---
**Author:** ![JoeyBlades](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a87d85/32.png) [@JoeyBlades](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoeyBlades)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2001, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-god-is-all-powerful/55924/2 "2001-02-26T15:06:45Z")
If you have an infinite amount of mass, can you add an atom to it? ---
**Author:** ![Spiritus\_Mundi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c68b51/32.png) [@Spiritus\_Mundi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiritus_Mundi)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2001, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-god-is-all-powerful/55924/3 "2001-02-26T16:04:50Z")
Can he create an ignorance too vast to educate? ---
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2001, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-god-is-all-powerful/55924/4 "2001-02-26T16:11:03Z")
yes šŸ˜‰ ---
**Author:** ![Morrison\_s\_Lament](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Morrison\_s\_Lament](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morrison_s_Lament)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2001, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-god-is-all-powerful/55924/5 "2001-02-26T16:14:57Z")
No, no and yes šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![dal\_timgar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e57/32.png) [@dal\_timgar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dal_timgar)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2001, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-god-is-all-powerful/55924/6 "2001-02-26T17:26:28Z")
the challenge would be to split a galactic black hole in two. but of course she would simply turn off the gravity. Dal Timgar ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2001, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-god-is-all-powerful/55924/7 "2001-02-26T18:40:12Z")
Iā€™m just wondering why He canā€™t write a holy book thatā€™s clear, unambiguous, doesnā€™t require ā€œinterpretationā€, and doesnā€™t contradict itselfā€¦ šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![Surgoshan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@Surgoshan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surgoshan)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2001, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-god-is-all-powerful/55924/8 "2001-02-26T19:41:10Z")
Because that would be simple and easy, and whereā€™s the fun in that? ā€œDamn your teddy bear logic!ā€ ---
**Author:** ![John\_Kentzel-Griffin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ccd318/32.png) [@John\_Kentzel-Griffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Kentzel-Griffin)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2001, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-god-is-all-powerful/55924/9 "2001-02-27T06:03:18Z")
No! Rock and roll is the tool of the devil. ---
**Author:** ![Drastic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Drastic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drastic)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2001, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-god-is-all-powerful/55924/10 "2001-02-28T06:30:25Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by DrMatrix \* > \*\*No! Rock and roll is the tool of the devil. \*\* Oh, I dunno. For the counter-argument, see a little film called \*_Six-String Samurai_, in which a post-apocalyptic sword-wielding rock guitarist with a suspicious resemblance (if not voice) to Buddy Holly eventually faces off an evil heavy metal dude who is, er, Death. So come to think of it, the devil didnā€™t enter into it. Hmm. ---
**Author:** ![Drastic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Drastic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drastic)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2001, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-god-is-all-powerful/55924/11 "2001-02-28T06:31:31Z")
Jeez. Miss one trailing bold tagā€¦