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Re: God and the Devil and forgiveness (was Re: POV-RAY orange color)
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Tue, 24 Aug 1999 22:16:45 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Tom McDonald writes:
<snip>
I'm talking about knowing how something will react before it happens. For two
examples, it's like saying you know Lego can stand temps up to 104 degrees F
without ever having testing it if you had sufficient knowledge of the plastic.
I can see why you would say that, but I'm talking about future knowledge
exclusively at this point, not with altering destinies.

Oops! I misspoke. Not two examples, just one. Doh!


-Tom McD.
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  Re: God and the Devil and forgiveness (was Re: POV-RAY orange color)
 
(...) <SMARTARSE> The second example is: If a set number of angels can dance on the stud of a melting Lego brick at any determined temperature, would God know that number in advance? </SMARTARSE> I prefer to think of predestination to be something (...) (25 years ago, 24-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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  Re: God and the Devil and forgiveness (was Re: POV-RAY orange color)
 
(...) stretch (...) I'm talking about knowing how something will react before it happens. For two examples, it's like saying you know Lego can stand temps up to 104 degrees F without ever having testing it if you had sufficient knowledge of the (...) (25 years ago, 24-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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