Re: Goldilocks world

From: Russell Standish <r.standish.domain.name.hidden>
Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2005 08:37:50 +1100

Nice one George!

On Tue, Nov 22, 2005 at 10:46:47AM -0800, George Levy wrote:
> Kim Jones wrote:
>
> >can God in her omniscient, omnipotent wisdom create a rock that is so
> >heavy even God herself cannot lift it? ;-)
> >
> >Kim Jones
>
>
> Along these lines I found a way to resolve the theist and the atheist
> viewpoints: It is simply to assert that god is so big and powerful
> (omniscient and omnipotent) that he is the creator of a world capable of
> creating itself. Hence his role in creation is nil even though he is the
> creator. This approach allows the scientific process to continue as if
> there were no god. Evolution is OK. The big bang is OK. It also
> satisfies the theists because it raises god to such unimaginable level
> of power that he is able create this way: by doing nothing. This god is
> surely bigger than any "hands-on-creation" god that classical religions
> have come up with. ;-)
>
> George
>

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