On Thu, Oct 9, 2014 at 11:47 AM, Samiya Illias <[email protected]> wrote:
> > On 09-Oct-2014, at 11:30 am, Stathis Papaioannou <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > On Thursday, October 9, 2014, Samiya Illias <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> What is your position on teleology? Do you think that there is a cause or >> purpose for everything? >> Also, what do you think of this: >> http://signsandscience.blogspot.com/2014/08/teleology-purpose-built-universe.html >> >> > > Does God's existence have a purpose, set by a supergod? If you're happy > with the idea of God not being created for a purpose, then why insist that > the universe is created for a purpose, and why insist that humans are > created for a purpose rather than (as presumably is the case with > God) inventing their own purpose? > > --Stathis Papaioannou > > Valid question. However, imagining the reason for God would be speculative > at best as nobody knows anything about God, nor can we observe God. > However, the observable universe/multiverse/creation seems to be > purpose-built and the scripture also speaks of a purpose-built creation. > Samiya > Concerning the goal you set yourself, of illustrating factual equivalence of Qu'ran with scientific perspectives today, here is one, which I don't share on many levels (a bit condescending at times, but at least he singles out what seem to be pertinent issues), but that I can understand and relate to on a few: http://www.foundalis.com/rlg/Quran_and_science.htm The very idea "factual accuracy of Qu'ran" is framed to be a major means, and common meme in arguing for "recruitment" (propaganda danger), something, I think we can agree, a transcendental being of any sort, wouldn't need unless they had psychological issues and needed to see a doctor or shaman, in which case...:-) I hope this addresses some of your concerns as most here have little experience with content. PGC -- 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/d/optout.
