"For the first question, If God can do anything, can He create a stone so heavy He can't lift it?"
Groblek gave Roy a bemused look before replying. "Sure, why not? After all, He can do anything he wants. Of course, that means He could lift it as well, if He so desired."
"That doesn't answer anything - it just states the paradox!"
"I like paradoxes. They confuse people." Groblek said, smiling impishly. "In all honesty, I can't take that question seriously. It's one of the silly things philosophers break their heads against - like how many angels can dance on the head of a pin. The answer to that one, by the way, is to calculate the sur\face area of the head of the pin, then find the area each angel requires for dancing. I'll leave the rest of the calculation up to you. It will vary depending on the type of dance the angels are doing though - you can fit a lot more people in the same space doing ballroom than square dance, for example. Anyway, what else did you want to ask?"
"Well, there was.."
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