I have always been interested in how people describe a "Creator". Are
you claiming that the universe resulted from some super intelligent
life-form getting the idea that a new universe would be an interesting
project and then set about creating it? Or is the idea of a creator
an abstract simplification of a process that would have occurred
regardless of any intent? Too often the idea is applied to mankind as
a reason why we are so special. Or at a more childish level, that God
is here to answer our requests for personal protection or to help win
sporting events. At which level are you describing the "Creator" and
what use is the concept to anyone?
Ed
On Feb 15, 2013, at 9:56 AM, Chris Zell wrote:
Dawkins is an example of 'atheist theology' (oxymoron). He seems to
desire a neat, ordered, understandable world without any Creator
behind it. He extends traditional moral concerns to general
society, as if they still had a Divine authority behind them. Why
is objective truth important? Why aren't some lies better?
I prefer to think that the lack of a Creator suggests that we should
expect a sort of patchwork universe, full of paradoxes and anomalies
- such as Feyerabend suggested. It would make a lot more sense - and
might lead us into unexpected discoveries.
