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Can God Make 2-2=5?

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Hi there.

Okay, so saying God can make 2+2=5 is a piece of cake.

Let's make it harder, shall we?

Can God make 2-2=5?

God works with 3's and 7's a lot.
 
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5 Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth him on a pinnacle of the temple,
6 And saith unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down: for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee: and in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone.
7 Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord- Matthew 4

Putting such a question before God is also called tempting the Lord (Deuteronomy 6:16). We are not to come before God with silly stuff.
 
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5 Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth him on a pinnacle of the temple,
6 And saith unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down: for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee: and in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone.
7 Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord- Matthew 4

Putting such a question before God is also called tempting the Lord (Deuteronomy 6:16). We are not to come before God with silly stuff.

We're not really putting the question before God, though. We're merely musing on whether or not He could do such a thing.

The easy answer is yes: There is nothing God can't do. However, there are many things God won't do (breaking His promises is one of those things He will never do).

He could change the rules of mathematics and how the entire universe works, but what kind of effects would that have on everything that exists, including us?

He does what He does for a reason: He knows the outcome of all things.

So, OP: Yes, God could but yet He probably wouldn't as who knows what effects that would have on the universe as we know it. It's literally the same thing as making 2+2=5, to be honest. It's changing how math works, and I've heard a few scientists say that the universe was built on Math. We know that DNA is a digital data structure, and anything digital is built upon math. All matter is built upon math: x number of electrons + y number of protons + z number of neutrons = 1 atom of an element. Add some, take some away, you get an entirely different element with entirely different properties.

You could, say, take Oxygen. It's got 8 Protons (and 8 Electrons) per Oxygen atom. This Oxygen is necessary for life to exist; we die without it.

Add one Proton and Electron (not sure about Neutrons, never looked it up) and you end up with a toxic gas that will kill you if you encounter it in its pure form.

Or, you could subtract one Proton/Electron and you end up with an inert gas that doesn't do much of anything, though if you can turn it into a liquid, you get a liquid that can generate intense cold (and explosive force if you mishandle it).

It can also kill you without warning if mis-handled as well, as it can suffocate you if you allow it to evaporate near you in an enclosed space.

That's what the power of adding or subtracting -1- can do in the world of atoms, which makes up everything we see, hear, smell and touch.
 
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Hi there.

Okay, so saying God can make 2+2=5 is a piece of cake.

Let's make it harder, shall we?

Can God make 2-2=5?

It seems to me this is on the same order as "Can god make a round circle?". My answer is I have not the first clue.
 
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Hi there.

Okay, so saying God can make 2+2=5 is a piece of cake.

Let's make it harder, shall we?

Can God make 2-2=5?
Couldn't come up with an original one this time :p ?
 
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LittleLambofJesus

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Hi there.

Okay, so saying God can make 2+2=5 is a piece of cake.

Let's make it harder, shall we?

Can God make 2-2=5?
Of course He can, just as you just did.............

Also, if YAHWEH can do these events shown below, what is it He can't do!

Joshua 10:12, 13:
............."O sun, stand still at Gibeon, And O moon in the valley of Aijalon."
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So the sun stood still, and the moon stopped, Until the nation avenged themselves of their enemies..........


Isaiah 38:
8 "Behold! I will cause the shadow on the stairway, which has gone down with the sun on the stairway of Ahaz, to go back ten steps."
So the sun's shadow went back ten steps on the stairway on which it had gone down.

Joe 2:31

The sun is turned to darkness, and the moon to blood,
Before the coming of the day of YAHWEH, the great and the fearful.


Rev 6:12
And I saw when he opened the sixth seal and behold! a great earthquake came,
and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood,


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Of course He can,
Yup.

Matthew 18:20 For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.

Daniel 3:24 Then Nebuchadnezzar the king was astonied, and rose up in haste, and spake, and said unto his counsellors, Did not we cast three men bound into the midst of the fire? They answered and said unto the king, True, O king.
Daniel 3:25 He answered and said, Lo, I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and they have no hurt; and the form of the fourth is like the Son of God.
 
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AV1611VET said:
Hi there.

Okay, so saying God can make 2+2=5 is a piece of cake.

Let's make it harder, shall we?

Can God make 2-2=5?
Belk said:
It seems to me this is on the same order as "Can god make a round circle?". My answer is I have not the first clue.
Xalith said:
Don't you mean a round square or a square circle?
Apparently I was so confused by the question I become discombobulated.
Yes, a square circle. Thank you. :)
Or vice versa.....how about a square or round triangle...
That would indeed be a neat trick.........


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