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William December Starr wrote:
> 
> In article <nfc1hu$m9p$1@dont-email.me>,
> "Sea Wasp (Ryk E. Spoor)" <seawasp@sgeinc.invalid.com> said:
> 
> > William December Starr wrote:
> >> "Sea Wasp (Ryk E. Spoor)" <seawasp@sgeinc.invalid.com> said:
> >>
> >>> If God gives a crap about whether I believe in Him/Her/It, they'll
> >>> have to show me directly, because they made sure I was raised in a
> >>> way that made just believing in them without evidence (and old
> >>> books without scientific backing aren't evidence) impossible.
> >>
> >> But: what evidence would be sufficient to convince you?  I think
> >> that logically it's impossible
> >
> > If God is literally omnipotent, He knows how to convince me.
> 
> Did you mean "omniscient" there?
> 
> > There will be some set of events and words that can do so, even if
> > they're ones that no mortal could think of or arrange.
> 
> Will there be?  I think it hinges on the question of "Can God do
> *anything*, or can he only do anything that's possible?"
> 
> -- wds


You mean can God make a rock so heavy that even He cannot pick it up????