HiddenLayer555@lemmy.ml to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoIf Jesus can turn water into wine, but wine is still mostly made of water, can Jesus apply his powers recursively and create more and more concentrated wine?message-squaremessage-square126fedilinkarrow-up1511arrow-down124
arrow-up1487arrow-down1message-squareIf Jesus can turn water into wine, but wine is still mostly made of water, can Jesus apply his powers recursively and create more and more concentrated wine?HiddenLayer555@lemmy.ml to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square126fedilink
minus-squareSotuanduso@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up43·1 year agoYes. The power to do literally anything would allow one to do this.
minus-squareFreshLight@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up8·1 year agoCan he create a stone that is not liftable and then proceed to lift it?
minus-squareHexarei@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down1·1 year agoThe easiest answer to this is yes, he could create a stone he couldn’t lift. And then he could lift it anyway.
minus-squarePapaStevesy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoActually the easiest answer is “no” because it doesn’t require cognitive dissonance.
minus-squareHexarei@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoThere’s no cognitive dissonance in negating a false negative
minus-squarePapaStevesy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoWhat false negative? If he can lift it then he didn’t create a stone he can’t lift. Can he make one plus one equal anything other than two?
minus-squareFlax@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoWell Jesus, yes. Because Jesus let Himself die as well.
minus-squaregravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoBut then he respawned
minus-squareZahille7@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 year agoYour comment made me think of this scene from American Dad
Yes. The power to do literally anything would allow one to do this.
Can he create a stone that is not liftable and then proceed to lift it?
The easiest answer to this is yes, he could create a stone he couldn’t lift. And then he could lift it anyway.
Actually the easiest answer is “no” because it doesn’t require cognitive dissonance.
There’s no cognitive dissonance in negating a false negative
What false negative? If he can lift it then he didn’t create a stone he can’t lift. Can he make one plus one equal anything other than two?
Well Jesus, yes. Because Jesus let Himself die as well.
But then he respawned
Mhm
Your comment made me think of this scene from American Dad