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If God is so powerful, can he create a rock which he cannot lift?
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"If God is so powerful, can he create a rock which he cannot lift?"

- Terry Goodkind

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This quote by Terry Goodkind is a traditional example of a paradox. It is a rhetorical question that is meant to challenge the idea of an all-powerful God. The paradox recommends that if God is truly all-powerful, then he should have the ability to develop something that he can not raise. However, if he is not able to lift it, then it would mean that he is not all-powerful. This paradox is suggested to illustrate the limitations of human understanding when it comes to the power of God. It is a suggestion that we can not fully comprehend the power of God and that we should not attempt to restrict it with our own understanding. Eventually, this quote works as a suggestion that God is beyond our comprehension and that we ought to not try to limit him with our own understanding.

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