The Right Questions

I frequently (though not regularly) listen to, read and sometimes reply to discussions (primarily on YouTube) between Muslims and Christians. Tonight I read questions posed that are intended to demonstrate the absurdity of Jesus being both God and Man. These are questions that I have heard and read umpteen times. Some samples are:
- How can the omniscient God not know something?
- How can the omnipotent God become tired?

Of course, these questions often lead to questions like:
- Can an omnipotent God create a stone so heavy he cannot lift it?

Well, maybe there is no such thing as a stupid question (maybe)… but there is such a thing as a wrong question.

To ask the question, “Can God make a stone so big he cannot lift it?” is the wrong question (and I do think it’s a stupid question). The questions about an omniscient God not knowing something or an omnipotent God not being able to do something are the wrong questions. They are wrong (and stupid) questions because they are pointless.

Let me suggest, instead, what kinds of question ought to be asked about God:
- Can the All-mighty God humble himself?
- Can the All-wise God humiliate himself?
- Can the Ever-present God hide himself?

Of course, a monosyllabic answer to these questions is completely inadequate. They scream for explanation – one way or the other.

But here is the question that most stimulates and unnerves me:
Can God become something other (else or more) than what he is?