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This comic takes on the classic theological paradox known as the "omnipotence paradox": Can God create a stone so heavy that even He cannot lift it? A person standing on clouds poses the question to God (depicted as a glowing figure), who responds, "Hmm... let's see..."

The caption below reads: "Fun fact: The universe always collapses for the same reason." The joke imagines that God has actually tried to answer this paradox in a literal way, and that every time He does, the attempt to create an infinitely heavy object causes the universe to collapse. It reframes the abstract philosophical puzzle as a recurring cosmic catastrophe, suggesting that the cycle of universal creation and destruction is caused by God repeatedly falling for the same trick question.