Re: How can a grown man be an atheist ?

2013-12-02 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 02 Dec 2013, at 18:46, Samiya Illias wrote: Below, I'm paraphrasing from memory a couple of passages: On the subject of the persecution of the 'Bani Israel' Children of Israel by Pharoah, such that the male children were being killed and females kept alive, It reads that it was a great t

Re: How can a grown man be an atheist ?

2013-12-02 Thread meekerdb
On 12/2/2013 2:01 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 02 Dec 2013, at 06:11, Samiya Illias wrote: This is strange! What 'theism' it is if it limits God? Making It consistent is not really limiting it. Accepting the idea that God can be inconsistent quickly leads to inconsistent theology, which is th

Re: How can a grown man be an atheist ?

2013-12-02 Thread meekerdb
On 12/2/2013 1:04 AM, Samiya Illias wrote: No reason at all. I'm just sharing my understanding on the topic, so that No, you are just asserting your position. That's not "understanding". Understanding something implies knowing reasons why it might be true, being able to infer consequences a

Re: How can a grown man be an atheist ?

2013-12-02 Thread John Clark
On Mon, Dec 2, 2013 at 2:48 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: > Yes. After St-Thomas, most catholic theologian agree that God cannot make > 17 into a composite number. God obeys to logic, > So the God theory has zero explanatory power and even if God does exist He is just as mystified as to why there is

Re: How can a grown man be an atheist ?

2013-12-02 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 02 Dec 2013, at 14:58, Jesse Mazer wrote: The Muslim philosophers and theologians I have found addressing the issue seem to agree that there are "necessary" truths that God cannot change, which include logical necessity. Examples: From http://www.muslimphilosophy.com/ip/rep/K057 on Abu

Re: How can a grown man be an atheist ?

2013-12-02 Thread Telmo Menezes
On Mon, Dec 2, 2013 at 6:46 PM, Samiya Illias wrote: > Below, I'm paraphrasing from memory a couple of passages: > On the subject of the persecution of the 'Bani Israel' Children of Israel by > Pharoah, such that the male children were being killed and females kept > alive, It reads that it was

Re: How can a grown man be an atheist ?

2013-12-02 Thread Samiya Illias
t;> >>>> I don't know. >>>> >>>> Bruno >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> >>>>> Sent from my iPhone >>>>> >>>>> On 02-Dec-2013, at 4:13 AM, Jesse Mazer w

Re: How can a grown man be an atheist ?

2013-12-02 Thread Samiya Illias
Below, I'm paraphrasing from memory a couple of passages: On the subject of the persecution of the 'Bani Israel' Children of Israel by Pharoah, such that the male children were being killed and females kept alive, It reads that it was a great trial from God. At another place, it reads that know

Re: How can a grown man be an atheist ?

2013-12-02 Thread Telmo Menezes
rchy illusion but quickly degrading into fascism -- fascism >> had more powerful binding myths to offer, and a lesson had to be learned). >> Of course, as you point out, republics come with a myth set of their own. >> >> Modern law is a very sophisticated, if perverse syst

Re: How can a grown man be an atheist ?

2013-12-02 Thread Jesse Mazer
uot;necessary" truths, which for theists > might include things like moral rules, or qualities of God such as > omnipotence). Do you think the Mandelbrot set, or any other piece of pure > mathematics, functions without a government, or are mathematical rules > themselves a form of

Re: How can a grown man be an atheist ?

2013-12-02 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 02 Dec 2013, at 13:39, Samiya Illias wrote: I agree that God is consistent. In my understanding, God is perfect in every possible meaning of the word. Is God perfect for the children in Syria? (Easy question on an hard subject) Here, you might hope that God will succeed in consolatin

Re: How can a grown man be an atheist ?

2013-12-02 Thread Samiya Illias
ower to alter them (or any other "necessary" truths, which for >>>>> theists might include things like moral rules, or qualities of God such >>>>> as omnipotence). Do you think the Mandelbrot set, or any other piece of >>>>> pure mathematics,

How can a grown man be an atheist ?

2013-12-02 Thread Jesse Mazer
n, we have to know, in a self-interested way, what > good/benefit does knowing about God do for us. A ridiculous statement, and > yet, We the Who in Whoville, to quote Dr. Suess-Geisel, need to know. > -----Original Message----- > From: Samiya Illias > To: everything-list > Sent: M

How can a grown man be an atheist ?

2013-12-02 Thread Jesse Mazer
are mathematical rules > themselves a form of government even if God didn't create them? Certainly > most atheists now think the universe follows mathematical laws, and one > could even adopt Max Tegmark's idea and speculate that our universe is just > another part of the u

Re: How can a grown man be an atheist ?

2013-12-02 Thread Alberto G. Corona
-rationalise punishment for > breaking unwritten rules that nobody wants to acknowledge but all want to > enforce. > > Telmo. > > >> >> >> >> 2013/12/1 LizR >> >>> Because there are no obvious signs of government in the universe, I >>>

Re: How can a grown man be an atheist ?

2013-12-02 Thread Samiya Illias
A ridiculous statement, and > yet, We the Who in Whoville, to quote Dr. Suess-Geisel, need to know. > -Original Message- > From: Samiya Illias > To: everything-list > Sent: Mon, Dec 2, 2013 12:13 am > Subject: Re: How can a grown man be an atheist ? > > This is str

Re: How can a grown man be an atheist ?

2013-12-02 Thread Samiya Illias
e >>> mathematics, functions without a government, or are mathematical rules >>> themselves a form of government even if God didn't create them? Certainly >>> most atheists now think the universe follows mathematical laws, and one >>> could even adopt Max

Re: How can a grown man be an atheist ?

2013-12-02 Thread spudboy100
, and yet, We the Who in Whoville, to quote Dr. Suess-Geisel, need to know. -Original Message- From: Samiya Illias To: everything-list Sent: Mon, Dec 2, 2013 12:13 am Subject: Re: How can a grown man be an atheist ? This is strange! What 'theism' it is if it limits God? We b

Re: How can a grown man be an atheist ?

2013-12-02 Thread spudboy100
By the way, Tegmark has a new book coming out Jan 14, I do recall. -Original Message- From: LizR To: everything-list Sent: Sun, Dec 1, 2013 7:28 pm Subject: Re: How can a grown man be an atheist ? On 2 December 2013 12:51, Jesse Mazer wrote: To add to my last comment, the article

Re: How can a grown man be an atheist ?

2013-12-02 Thread Bruno Marchal
't create them? Certainly most atheists now think the universe follows mathematical laws, and one could even adopt Max Tegmark's idea and speculate that our universe is just another part of the uncreated Platonic realm of mathematical forms. On Sunday, December 1, 2013, Roger Clou

Re: How can a grown man be an atheist ?

2013-12-02 Thread Samiya Illias
No reason at all. I'm just sharing my understanding on the topic, so that 1) if I'm wrong, someone will point out the flaw in my understanding 2) if my understanding is generally pointing towards the correct theory / belief, perhaps it'll be of use to someone. Samiya Sent from my iPhone On

Re: How can a grown man be an atheist ?

2013-12-02 Thread Bruno Marchal
even adopt Max Tegmark's idea and speculate that our universe is just another part of the uncreated Platonic realm of mathematical forms. On Sunday, December 1, 2013, Roger Clough wrote: How can a grown man be an atheist ? An atheist is a person who believes that the universe can functio

Re: How can a grown man be an atheist ?

2013-12-01 Thread Bruno Marchal
digm of the (weak) materialists (the materialism of the believer in primitive matter). It is a bit weird, as Tegmark interprets correctly QM (with respect to comp) and Everett QM already break the aristotelian identity thesis, imo. Bruno On Sunday, December 1, 2013, Roger Clough wrote: How

Re: How can a grown man be an atheist ?

2013-12-01 Thread meekerdb
On 12/1/2013 9:11 PM, Samiya Illias wrote: This is strange! What 'theism' it is if it limits God? We believe that God is the Reality, the Prime Originator, the Sustainer, and the Final Goal. Everything is as God wills and allows it to be. That's what you say you believe. But is there any reas

Re: How can a grown man be an atheist ?

2013-12-01 Thread Samiya Illias
ws mathematical laws, and one could > even adopt Max Tegmark's idea and speculate that our universe is just another > part of the uncreated Platonic realm of mathematical forms. > > > On Sunday, December 1, 2013, Roger Clough wrote: >> How can a grown man be an

Re: How can a grown man be an atheist ?

2013-12-01 Thread LizR
On 2 December 2013 12:51, Jesse Mazer wrote: > To add to my last comment, the article at > http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/leibniz-modal/ mentions that Leibniz > was among those philosophers who distinguished between necessary and > contingent truths, and only granted God the power to change co

Re: How can a grown man be an atheist ?

2013-12-01 Thread Jesse Mazer
speculate that our universe is just > another part of the uncreated Platonic realm of mathematical forms. > > > On Sunday, December 1, 2013, Roger Clough wrote: > >> How can a grown man be an atheist ? >> >> An atheist is a person who believes that the universe can

Re: How can a grown man be an atheist ?

2013-12-01 Thread Telmo Menezes
post-rationalise punishment for breaking unwritten rules that nobody wants to acknowledge but all want to enforce. Telmo. > > > > 2013/12/1 LizR > >> Because there are no obvious signs of government in the universe, I would >> say. >> >> >> >> On 2

How can a grown man be an atheist ?

2013-12-01 Thread Jesse Mazer
one could even adopt Max Tegmark's idea and speculate that our universe is just another part of the uncreated Platonic realm of mathematical forms. On Sunday, December 1, 2013, Roger Clough wrote: > How can a grown man be an atheist ? > > An atheist is a person who believes that the un

Re: How can a grown man be an atheist ?

2013-12-01 Thread LizR
uman mind can not live withouth myths. If he reject > the given ones, he invent its own. > > > > > 2013/12/1 LizR > >> Because there are no obvious signs of government in the universe, I would >> say. >> >> >> >> On 2 December 2013 10:29, Roger Clough

Re: How can a grown man be an atheist ?

2013-12-01 Thread Alberto G. Corona
On 2 December 2013 10:29, Roger Clough wrote: > >> How can a grown man be an atheist ? >> >> An atheist is a person who believes that the universe can >> function without some form of government. >> >> How silly. >> >> >> Dr. Roger B Clough N

Re: How can a grown man be an atheist ?

2013-12-01 Thread LizR
seemed to grasp > what's possible with simple rules and building blocks. > > This does not explain consciousness, of course. There are enough deep > mysteries to existence as is. > > Telmo. > > >> On 2 December 2013 10:29, Roger Clough wrote: >> >>>

Re: How can a grown man be an atheist ?

2013-12-01 Thread Telmo Menezes
med to grasp what's possible with simple rules and building blocks. This does not explain consciousness, of course. There are enough deep mysteries to existence as is. Telmo. > On 2 December 2013 10:29, Roger Clough wrote: > >> How can a grown man be an atheist ? >> >&

Re: How can a grown man be an atheist ?

2013-12-01 Thread LizR
Because there are no obvious signs of government in the universe, I would say. On 2 December 2013 10:29, Roger Clough wrote: > How can a grown man be an atheist ? > > An atheist is a person who believes that the universe can > function without some form of government. &

How can a grown man be an atheist ?

2013-12-01 Thread Roger Clough
How can a grown man be an atheist ? An atheist is a person who believes that the universe can function without some form of government. How silly. Dr. Roger B Clough NIST (ret.) [1/1/2000] See my Leibniz site at http://independent.academia.edu/RogerClough --- This email is free from viruses

How can a grown man be an atheist ?

2013-12-01 Thread Roger Clough
How can a grown man be an atheist ? An atheist is a person who believes that the universe can function without some form of government. How silly. Dr. Roger B Clough NIST (ret.) [1/1/2000] See my Leibniz site at http://independent.academia.edu/RogerClough --- This email is free from viruses

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