John, see if you can read this paper. Its a slideshow from Ars Disputandi of an eric steinhart paper, on the theological implications of the simulation argument. This is the only copy I downloaded of the url, but I was able to do a download and print at work so I have hard copy. Steinhart seems to be an atheist, but believes there was a creator and now a system of creators above and beyond us, etc. I guess steinhart might say, yeah thers a god, but don't pray to him. If you can read this, please give out with the feedback. I am feeling the dude may be spot on, etc. But I will guess that you will not see it this way. Which is good with me.
<div>http://www.slideshare.net/mobile/UnitB166ER/theological-implications-of-the-simulation-argument-by-eric-steinhart Sent from AOL Mobile Mail -----Original Message----- From: John Clark <johnkcl...@gmail.com> To: everything-list <everything-list@googlegroups.com> Sent: Sat, Feb 14, 2015 04:46 PM Subject: Re: Why is there something rather than nothing? From quantum theory to dialectics? <div id="AOLMsgPart_2_6358d9ed-4934-4055-8f54-a38c31f4effc"> <div dir="ltr"> <div class="aolmail_gmail_extra"> On Sat, Feb 14, 2015 spudboy100 via Everything List <span dir="ltr"><<a target="_blank" href="mailto:everything-list@googlegroups.com";>everything-list@googlegroups.com</a>></span> wrote: <div class="aolmail_gmail_extra"> <div class="aolmail_gmail_quote"> <blockquote class="aolmail_gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex"> <font color="black" face="arial"> <font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color:transparent">> In Islam, I have read, is a being called The Doubter, which the faithful associate with the devil, they term, iblis.</font> </font> </blockquote> And in both the Old Testament and the Quran the devil is far more moral than God, yes the devil opposes God but he should because in both books God is a complete shit*. And even in the New Testament it is the prince of piece himself who introduces the concept of eternal damnation, the devil may be a bit rude and perform some over the top pranks from time to time but he never came close to doing anything THAT evil. </div> <div class="aolmail_gmail_quote"> <blockquote class="aolmail_gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex"> <font color="black" face="arial"> <font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color:transparent">> But certainly, doubt is the true beginning of wisdom?</font> </font> </blockquote> Yes but we're talking about religion, something unrelated to wisdom. John K Clark </div>*During the second world war the novelist Evelyn Waugh (Brideshead Revisited) </div> <div class="aolmail_gmail_extra"> was a commando in Yugoslavia with Winston Churchill's son Randolph. During a lull in the fighting Waugh happened to hear him say that he'd never read the Bible, so Waugh, who was very religious, said he'd give Randolph 10 pounds if he read it cover to cove. Randolph agreed but it didn't have the desired effect because during the entire week his reading took he could be repeatedly heard to exclaim "GOD IS SUCH A SHIT!". </div> </div> <p></p> -- 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 <a target="_blank" href="mailto:everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com";>everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com</a>. To post to this group, send email to <a target="_blank" href="mailto:everything-list@googlegroups.com";>everything-list@googlegroups.com</a>. Visit this group at <a target="_blank" href="http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list";>http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list</a>. For more options, visit <a target="_blank" href="https://groups.google.com/d/optout";>https://groups.google.com/d/optout</a>. </div> </div></div> -- 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 everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
