On Mon, Dec 2, 2013 at 2:00 PM, Bruno Marchal <[email protected]> wrot
> >>> 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 > > > That does not follow. > I think it does. > > Newton's theory obeys to logic too. > Yes, neither Newton's theory nor the God theory can explain why there is something rather than nothing, so why pick the theory that just inserts pointless wheels within wheels? > > >> Even for questions less deep the "God has power" theory still explains >> nothing unless it can explain exactly how that "power" works, and if you >> understand all about that "power" then God Himself becomes redundant, a >> useless fifth wheel. For example, if you say that God created the first >> living organism on the Earth 4 billion years ago that explains nothing >> unless you can explain how He did it, and if you know that you don't need >> God. >> > > > I have already insist that God cannot be part of the explanation. We > agree on this. > Then I repeat my question, why add useless wheels within wheels that explain nothing to otherwise nice theories? John K Clark -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
