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Jesus looked at them and said, 'With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.' [4] The saying was a response to a young rich man who had asked Jesus what he needed to do to inherit eternal life. Jesus replied that he should keep the commandments, which the man replied that he had done so.
Likewise, God cannot make a being greater than himself, because he is, by definition, the greatest possible being. God is limited in his actions to his nature. The Bible, in passages such as Hebrews 6:18, says it is "impossible for God to lie". [9] [10] A good example of a modern defender of this line of reasoning is George Mavrodes. [11]
Benardete's paradox: An infinite number of gods place barriers to stop a man advancing, but there can be no individual god responsible for preventing him. Grim Reaper paradox : An infinite number of assassins can create an explicit self-contradiction by scheduling their assassinations at certain times.
Perhaps his most well-known quote is, "When God wants to do an impossible task, he takes an impossible man, and he crushes him." [1] Other notable quotes are; "The conversion of a soul is the miracle of a moment, but the manufacture of a saint is the task of a lifetime." "The Christian life doesn't get easier as one gets older."
Pascal begins by painting a situation where both the existence and non-existence of God are impossible to prove by human reason. So, supposing that reason cannot determine the truth between the two options, one must "wager" by weighing the possible consequences.
No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon. The World English Bible translates the passage as: “No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other; or else he will be devoted to one and ...
The ultimate purpose of Man is union with God, also called divinization. This is accomplished on earth by grace and in heaven by the beatific vision. Perfect union with God while on earth is impossible; therefore, absolute perfection is reserved for heaven. [32]
The Hardest Logic Puzzle Ever is a logic puzzle so called by American philosopher and logician George Boolos and published in The Harvard Review of Philosophy in 1996. [1] [2] Boolos' article includes multiple ways of solving the problem.