Re: Goldilocks world

2005-11-22 Thread Kim Jones
DAMN! Russell replied before me!! I was going to say - George you're a bloody genius. Stand up and take a bow. Wait till I tell his Reverend the Archbishop of thingummy this! He won't believe it I'll bet "Onward!" as Stephen goes Kim On 23/11/2005, at 8:37 AM, Russell Standish wrote: N

Re: Goldilocks world

2005-11-22 Thread Jesse Mazer
From: "Stephen Paul King" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Subject: Re: Goldilocks world Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2005 19:29:39 -0500 Dear Jesse, Stathis, Bruno et al, - Original Message - From: "Jesse Mazer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Sent: Tuesday, November 22, 2005 4:41 AM Sub

Re: Goldilocks world

2005-11-22 Thread Stephen Paul King
Dear Jesse, Stathis, Bruno et al, - Original Message - From: "Jesse Mazer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Sent: Tuesday, November 22, 2005 4:41 AM Subject: RE: Goldilocks world Stathis Papaioannou wrote: George Levy writes: Along the line of Jorge Luis Borges a blac

Re: Goldilocks world

2005-11-22 Thread Russell Standish
Nice one George! On Tue, Nov 22, 2005 at 10:46:47AM -0800, George Levy wrote: > Kim Jones wrote: > > >can God in her omniscient, omnipotent wisdom create a rock that is so > >heavy even God herself cannot lift it? ;-) > > > >Kim Jones > > > Along these lines I found a way to resolve the theis

Re: Goldilocks world

2005-11-22 Thread George Levy
Kim Jones wrote: can God in her omniscient, omnipotent wisdom create a rock that is so heavy even God herself cannot lift it? ;-) Kim Jones Along these lines I found a way to resolve the theist and the atheist viewpoints: It is simply to assert that god is so big and powerful (omniscient

Re: Goldilocks world

2005-11-22 Thread Bruno Marchal
Le 22-nov.-05, à 10:41, Jesse Mazer a écrit : Stathis Papaioannou wrote: George Levy writes: Along the line of Jorge Luis Borges a blackboard covered in chalk contains the library of Babel (everything) but no information. Similarly a white board covered with ink also contains no information. Int

Re: Goldilocks world

2005-11-22 Thread Jesse Mazer
Russell Standish wrote: That is the logical argument against omnipotence. IIRC, Aquinas knew of these arguments, and so I gather omnipotence and omniscience are not actually part of christian theological creed. Disclaimer: IANAC (I am not a christian) :) Are you sure about that? I'm pretty s

RE: Goldilocks world

2005-11-22 Thread Jesse Mazer
Stathis Papaioannou wrote: George Levy writes: Along the line of Jorge Luis Borges a blackboard covered in chalk contains the library of Babel (everything) but no information. Similarly a white board covered with ink also contains no information. Interestingly, information is minimized or act