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Re: God and the Devil and forgiveness (was Re: POV-RAY orange color)
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Date: 
Tue, 31 Aug 1999 19:56:28 GMT
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Larry Pieniazek wrote:

<snip>

> Me, I'm just as happy with an unexplainable universe that
> obeys well defined laws and has observable properties. Heck, I'm HAPPIER
> with that than with an unexplainable god who loves us but doesn't have
> to obey any laws or have any physical manifestation.

I got news for you, Mr. Science.  The more we learn about the universe, the more
we see how random it is and how little we do/can know about it.  It is a God who
represents order out of chaos.

> note well that this is not REALLY an anti-god argument. It's merely a
> counter to the "well, how do you explain the existence of the universe
> if there is no god" argument.
> 



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  Re: God and the Devil and forgiveness (was Re: POV-RAY orange color)
 
(...) Right... and you've just stumbled into one of my favorite anti-god arguments (1)... infinite regress. a Universe with god doesn't explain any more, or less than a universe without one. Positing a god to explain why the universe exists doesn't (...) (27 years ago, 31-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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