On Friday, September 5, 2003, 3:50:07 PM, Andy Wardley wrote: AW> James Campbell wrote: >> "If God created the universe, who created God?"
AW> God didn't create the universe. God is the universe. AW> That's about the only thing that all the religious texts can agree on - AW> that "God", or whatever name you chose for the concept, is omniprescient AW> and omnipotent. This implies that God is everywhere and in everything and AW> there can be nothing that is "outside of God". Only in Monotheistic religions, and the only one of those that's got any substantial following in this country is Judaism. One of my favourite Christian-baiting tactics (when I'm in that sort of mood) is to put forward my proposition that they have a pantheon of gods. For a start there's the three they get into enough trouble with just by admitting their existence: God, Jesus, the Holy Spirit (whatever that is). Then you've got a couple of other major deities such as the Virgin Mary (especially revered in Catholicism) and Satan, and a host of minor gods who they usually name "saints". [ .. snippety .. ] AW> So there's no need to invoke religion, spirituality, or the supernatural AW> to understand and appreciate what God is. Just define the term to mean AW> something more familiar like "Universe". It is every bit as magical, AW> mystical and awe-inspiring, but a lot easier to get your head around AW> (figurately speaking - not even God could get his head around the Universe). AW> Hmm... I think I may start a religion. I hear there's money in it... :-) Too late: http://members.aol.com/Heraklit1/ -- Iain | PGP mail preferred: pubkey @ www.deepsea.f9.co.uk/misc/iain.asc ($=,$,)=split m$"13/$,qq;13"13/tl\.rnh r HITtahkPctacriAneeeusaoJ;; for(@[EMAIL PROTECTED] m,,,$,){$..=$$[$=];$$=$=[$=];[EMAIL PROTECTED];[EMAIL PROTECTED] ]eq$$&&$=>=$?;$==$?;for(@$)[EMAIL PROTECTED] eq$_;;last if!$@;$=++}}print$..$/
