So many times I have heard someone ask: Can God make a square circle? The intent of asking this question is to demonstrate God cannot do everything; that he is not omnipotent. It is an effort to bring God down to our size.
However, once again, the problem is not with God but with our finite human reasoning. An appropriate response when we are asked if God can make a square circle should be: “this is not an inability in God but rather an incoherence in the task proposed.” [1].
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[1] E. S. Brightman as quoted in John Hick. Evil and the God of Love. New York: Palgrave-Macmillan, 2010, p.32.
