CS Lewis’s take on it was that
it’s a nonsense question, which I suppose is
what you get when you ask a technical question of a non-technical
person.
Is it really a technical question if it involves something that
cannot be expressed in definite terms? God isn't measurable or
observable. Questions about zir are abstract rather than concrete
and technical. And ze is a more evocative and/or useful concept in
non-technical areas.
I think C.S. Lewis was rejecting it as the absurd theological
question it is, rather than misunderstanding it as a good technical
question.
Personally, I imagine that it's nonsense because, positing the
existence of an omnipotent God, ze would hopefully have better
things to do.
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