Can God Make a Rock so Heavy that He Couldn’t Lift It?
(1) Can god make a rock so heavy that he couldn’t lift it? - Quora
“Circular God Counter-Paradox.” - Darryl Lankford
Darryl addresses the paradox by positing that an all-powerful God can fulfill two roles simultaneously - the role of the lifter, and the role of the one who fails to lift.
This highlights the gap between metaphysical immanence and metaphysical transcendence. Metaphysical immanence refers to the quality of being "in" or "of" a universe. Metaphysical transcendence refers to the quality of being "above" or "beyond" the limits of a universe.
The Trinitarian view of God posits that God can simultaneously play the role of the weak mortal (Jesus) and the powerful God (the Father).
Dream Omnipotence Analogy:
Within our dreams, our brain functions as an omnipotent God. The brain can construct a universe with its own objects and laws of physics. The brain can construct feelings and phenomenon. The brain can also change these objects and laws of physics. It is possible for the brain to generate an avatar of itself that is unable to lift a rock within the dream. Yet, the brain is simultaneously able to change these laws of physics and make the avatar able to lift the formerly unliftable rock. The dream avatar represents the "immanent" version of the self. The brain represents the "transcendent" version of the self. Within this dream analogy, the "self" is able to be omnipotent in ways that resolve the paradox of the stone.