On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 03:05:55PM -0400, spudboy100 via Everything List wrote: > For me, your analogy (which has been heard before of course) is simple to > satisfy. The Peoples Republic of China, upon hearing John Clark's > philosophical challenge, and diverts its lunar rover to the planet Uranus. > All this to the chagrin of Mr. Clark, who yell's "Not fair!" Never the less, > the space probe deposits a Ming dynasty teapot into lagrangian orbit. Clark's > screams, and condition satisfied. > > > Here's another way looking at things, to Mr. Aquinas's displeasure. There are > many minds in the Hubble Volume, one of them is God, and it is the smartest > and oldest mind. In fact this mind, developed the universe into a place that > is occasionally fit for types of life, one of them carbon-water life. Say > hello to God, Mr. Clark. Or to quote, Richard Dawkins, "Yes, I can imagine > there are god-like intelligences in the universe." Atheist, Agnostic, > Believer? Sure. All three. >
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