Here's a question from an atheist friend of mine...

"Can your God make a rock so big even he couldn't lift it?"

How do I respond to that?

Seems like a catch-22 question.

Found this on this very website:

If you answer, “No,” then the atheist will reply, “Then your God can’t create such a rock and therefore isn’t all-powerful.”

If you answer, “Yes,” then the atheist will reply, “Then your God won’t be able to move the rock and therefore isn’t all-powerful.”

I’ve read a few long and complicated “answers” to this apparent dilemma, but the fact is, the question itself is problematic, much like the question, “Can God run and walk at the same time?” or even the often-quoted statement, “Everything I say is a lie.” (If everything I say is a lie, then that statement itself is a lie, so I must therefore be telling the truth. But if I’m telling the truth, then everything I say must be a lie, and we’re back to square one.) All three examples illustrate the limitations of the human mind and its logic. The “rock” question doesn’t say anything about the nature of God nor His power, but our own inability to comprehend something that is beyond our understanding.