If a devil says he can do anything and everything. If he can do what
you ask him, he will take your soul. If he can not do what you ask him
to do, he will do whatever you want.What would you ask him to do?

Ask him to do anything that would prove that he cannot do anything and
everything.

This puzzle appears to be a spin on the attempts to show that God is
not all-powerful.

The most common version I have seen goes something like this: If God
is all-powerful, can He create a rock that he cannot lift?  There are
several variations on this question, such as:

"Can God make a rock so big He can't pick it up?"
Christian Apologetics & Research Ministry (CARM)
http://www.carm.org/questions/rock.htm

"Can he make a rock that he cannot move?"
from "How Big is Your Rock?"
Orin.net [the God document]
http://orin.net/rock.html

"Can God build a wall that is so heavy he cannot lift it?"
from "The Non Existence of God", by Andy McCann
Planet Papers
http://www.planetpapers.com/Assets/4828.php

Here's a similar paradoxical question:  Can God create an
indestructible object?

"Refutation"
Alternative Way Publications
http://www.altway.freeuk.com/Answers/72-Refutation.htm

If you ask the devil to do any of these tasks -- make an unliftable
rock, create an indestructible object, and so forth -- he won't be
able to do it.

Therefore, he will have to do whatever you want!

- justaskscott-ga


Search terms used on Google:

"if he can" "if he cannot"
"if he can" "if he can not"

very good answer, thank you!

Hi there

Theory has it that "the Devil" was once the highest creature in heaven
second only to God Himself before he led a "revolt" among the angels. 
So therefore the Devil knows creation inside and out.  He is aware of
every place in the universe and can go anywhere he wants.  He is still
permitted to do this for the time being in his efforts to separate
mankind from the Creator.  So, since he is fully knowledgeable of the
universe and everyplace within it, I would simply ask him "to get
lost."

cheers
digsalot

The Twilight Zone
Episode No. 12
Air Date : December 13, 1985

I of Newton
Teleplay by : Alan Brennert
Based on a story by : Joe Haldeman
Directed by : Kenneth Gilbert
Starring : Sherman Hemsley; Ron Glass
Summary : A scientist unwittingly offers to sell his soul to the Devil
to solve some equations, but eventually tricks the demon by ordering
him to 'get lost'.
http://www.thetzsite.com/pages/1985/index.html

>If you ask the devil to do any of these tasks -- make an unliftable
rock, create an indestructible object, and so forth -- he won't be
able to do it.

Not really, because the devil can do tricks.

2 Thessalonians 2:9, "Even him, whose coming is after the working of
Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,"

Yes, lying wonders. He can do it in front of your eyes. An ordinary
man will be deceived, but it's a lie.

The answer to inkt-ga's question is very simple. The Bible says that
the devil is a liar.

John 8:44, "Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your
father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not
in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a
lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it."

So ask the devil to tell the whole truth. I am 100% sure -- he cannot
do it.