Examination of Intellect
The reality of any statement must be tested by our intellect and not by our imgination. When we can't understand any statement, it is called inconceivable. This means that the statement itself contains a contradiction itself, so that no concept can be formed with our intellect. A four-sided triangle, for example, is inconceivable, because triangle is a three-sided figure. A less-instructed athesist will ask whether God can make a weight so heavy that He cannot lift it. And so whichever answer we give, we shall admit there is something God can't do. But the question is literally meaningless: a weight that an omnipotent God can't lift is as complete as a contradiction in terms of a four-sided triangle. In either case, the words mean nothing because they cancel each other out. There is no point in piling alot of words, regardless of their meaning, and then ask ignorantly "Can God amke that?" God can do anything, but a contradiction in terms is not a thing at all.God could not make a four-sided triangle or a weight that He Himself cannot lift because that is inconceivable; that means nothing.
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