HiddenLayer555@lemmy.ml to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years 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-square124fedilinkarrow-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 · 2 years agomessage-square124fedilink
minus-squareSotuanduso@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up43·2 years agoYes. The power to do literally anything would allow one to do this.
minus-squareFreshLight@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up8·2 years agoCan he create a stone that is not liftable and then proceed to lift it?
minus-squareHexarei@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down1·2 years 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-up1·2 years agoActually the easiest answer is “no” because it doesn’t require cognitive dissonance.
minus-squareHexarei@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoThere’s no cognitive dissonance in negating a false negative
minus-squarePapaStevesy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years 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-squareHM King Charles III DG FD@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoWell Jesus, yes. Because Jesus let Himself die as well.
minus-squaregravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoBut then he respawned
minus-squareZahille7@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 years 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