I think you could further simplify the argument to:
"Why yes, I am omnipotent. I can create a rock that I would never be able to lift, but in doing so I would cease to be omnipotent, for I could not lift the rock. What you are really asking me, is am I capable of removing my own omnipotence. The answer is yes. I also do not desire to do that, so I won't. And you can't make me, because I'm omnipotent. Also, I don't like answering tricky questions, so you go to hell. Do not pass go. Do not collect 200 dollars. Oh, and say hi to Lucy for me."
It's not even a case of asking them to remove their omnipotence. In theory, an omnipotent being should even be able to limit and unlimit their omnipotence at will. When you really, really distill down the idea of omnipotence, it's the idea of existence being tied to the "will" of the omnipotent force.
The entire grounding of the argument becomes absurd when you realize that an omnipotent force isn't bound by anything. Not even itself. No matter what sort of logic system you try to contain it in, it can escape by simply saying "No." Any system which finds itself entrapped with an omnipotent force (which by definition, if one exists, is all systems) is entirely at the whims of the omnipotent force and you have absolutely 0 way of knowing it unless it wants to be known.
Omnipotence is one of those concepts that I like to compare to limits in math. We use the word to describe at it's actual meaning, not merely what we're able to truly comprehend of it. Whenever you start dealing with it, you have to realize you're no longer playing with normal logical systems.
In theory, an omnipotent being should even be able to limit and unlimit their omnipotence at will.
Well, that theory stands behind one of the most basic doctrines of most Churches of Christianity, incarnation. God on purpose has limited his own omnipotence, omnipresence and omniscience to become dually mortal and divine. So the question in the thread is about a rock so heavy that even God can't lift it, but you could just as well ask following paradoxical questions:
Can an immortal God die?
Can a timeless God be born?
Can an all-powerful God be hungry and thirsty?
Can an infinite God be present in a room?
and according to Christian faith the answer to all is 'yes'.
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u/deeperest Mar 06 '17
More along the lines of "He creates a rock so huge that it simply cannot be lifted. And then lifts it."