[Avodah] what G-d can't do

[Yitzhak Grossman]

On Fri, 25 Jul 2008 06:16:43 -0400
Zev Sero <zev at sero.name> wrote:

> kennethgmiller at juno.com wrote:
> 
> > Doing things against logic --- I'm not sure what is meant by this.
> > 
> > Surely He cannot make a five-sided triangle, nor a rock so heavy that He cannot lift it. (See footnote later.) But my understanding of these examples is not that Hashem is incapable of making such a thing; rather the thing is undefined and incapable of existing.
> 
> The opposing view is that yes, He can make a five-sided triangle, or an
> object that measures 2.5 amot long, but when put into a 20-amah wide room
> doesn't take up any of those 20 amot.  According to this view, He can make
> a rock so heavy that He can't lift it, and He can still lift it, because
> He is not bound by the Law of Non-Contradiction.

But it must be noted that *no Rishon* is known to espouse this view.

Yitzhak
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