> They're identical, actually, in that neither answers > the "why?" question. *Why* did God design the universe > to be orderly? > > "Just how it is" and "Just how God designed it" are > synonymous, when you think about it: how it is is how > God designed it; how God designed it is how it is. > There's no information content in either statement. >
Thanks for taking a minute on this. I get that he is making a point that I am missing so I'll give this more thought. I agree with your equation of the statement in their ability to answer "why". I guess I am missing his point about why there is an imperative to answer "why". I did have a glimmer of stepping outside my own mental constraints that perhaps he is keeping the hope alive to really answer this question when some scientists have used the word "God" and some have used "who cares", effectively blowing off the questions and, to use one of our favorite phrases, stopping thought on this topic. Is he encouraging scientist to keep up the good fight of inquiry into this question? I was thinking that in the world he lives in, he is surrounded by scientists and probably very aware of the mental assumptions that are limiting their thinking. For him this kind of assumption may be blocking a direction of his scientific interest? Or he might just be making a linguistic error by putting why at that level of abstraction. But given his mental chops, I'll bet I am just still missing his point. --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "curtisdeltablues" > <curtisdeltablues@> wrote: > > > > No, the question is, *why* is the universe apparently > > orderly? Religionists say, "That's just how God designed > > it." Science says, "That's just how it is." > > > > I still don't see the parallel here Judy. One is saying > > that they do know why and one is saying that they don't > > know why. They couldn't be more different assertions, > > they are opposites. > > They're identical, actually, in that neither answers > the "why?" question. *Why* did God design the universe > to be orderly? > > "Just how it is" and "Just how God designed it" are > synonymous, when you think about it: how it is is how > God designed it; how God designed it is how it is. > There's no information content in either statement. >
