On Wed, Sep 5, 2012 at 9:51 AM, Bruno Marchal <marc...@ulb.ac.be> wrote:
>> when God asks Himself the question "Why have I always existed, why >> haven't I always not existed?" what answer in his omniscience does He come >> up with? >> > > > The neoplatonist conception of God does not allow It to ask such a > question. > Interesting, so I was mistaken in thinking that God can do anything and in fact the neoplatonists can order God around; but if God has been instructed not to worry His little head over such questions then He really doesn't have much to do. Apparently God (or rather the neoplatonist) have given control of the Universe over to Physics; and having never had anything to do I guess God just does what He always does and watches TV and eats potato chips all day. God is a pretty dull unimportant fellow, I can't understand why philosophers are so obsessed with such a nonentity. > Still defending the Christian God, aren't you? > Yes absolutely, I'm defending the four year old kid's concept of Santa Claus too because I think it might be useful if the words "God" and "Santa Claus" mean something, otherwise when I say I don't believe in either it would not convey any information to anyone about what I believe or don't believe. John K Clark -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en.
