Charlie Coleman wrote: > At 08:07 PM 1/25/2007 -0300, Ricardo Aráoz wrote: > ... >>> For even more fun, do you deny that God could limit Himself if He so >> chose? >>> In other words, if He made a Covenant with humans, do you think He would >>> stick to it? >>> >> If he is really omnipotent, and always tells the truth (though that >> would be a limitation to his omnipotence), then I think he would never >> have the desire to do that as that would put limits to him and hence >> he'd no longer be omnipotent (that supposing he is limited by logic, if >> he is not then I can say nothing about him, nor can you. That is what >> some religions state, that you can say nothing about god). Once you >> start playing with concepts like Omnipotence, eternity, etc. you get >> into contradictions very easily. > ... > > Yep. Concepts of 'infinity' are beyond our really comprehension. So we end > up having a language problem trying to explain and understand these things. > And that's one of the reasons some people have given up in believing in God > at all. Something that can't fit into their logic/terms simply doesn't > exist to them. > > So, anyway, in regards to these issues, I defer to what Christ taught as > opposed to trying to make a syntactically perfect lexical argument. Of > course, if you don't believe in Christ, you wouldn't put any weight into > what He taught.
You misjudge me. If the teachings are sound I don't care if they come from a talking frog. > So, at this point (I'm assuming you don't believe in > Christ), you and I are at an impasse to take this discussion any further. > But I think we've explained our respective sides clearly enough. > > I hope I've provided some useful information and I thank you for providing > yours. > Yes, it was a nice chat. > -Charlie > > > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
