I’m about to invoke the Almighty, so I’ll be careful here. When I refer to God, I am talking about the possible existence of a supreme being or entity, that sees all, knows all, and can do anything at any time. This is not a discourse about whether there is such a thing, rather, if there is, what can it not do?

Various religious beliefs describe such an entity and some actually list what the Almighty cannot, or perhaps more accurately, will not do; for example, the exercise of our free...