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Dr. Craig is a liar.
Dr. Craig is a liar.
Sorry I blew up the thread! I'm always late to the party. This time it was Mafia.
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(May 9, 2016 at 4:36 pm)Time Traveler Wrote:
(May 9, 2016 at 3:43 pm)SteveII Wrote:


By contradictory remarks, you mean you caught me using the terms before and after when referring to the creation of the universe in another post...

Much of your objection to my statement seems to come from your belief that the B Theory of Time is correct. Let me study this an I will attempt a reply in your Timeless thread.

Steve, no. I think you are addressing the wrong thing again. Your contradictions have nothing the do with the A or B Theory of time since the universe began. They have to do with how you imagine a timeless, unchanging entity could do anything before the creation of the universe. Here are your words...

(May 4, 2016 at 4:08 pm)SteveII Wrote: Even a series of mental events is enough to form a before and after (therefore some measure of "time").

Which directly contradicts...
(May 4, 2016 at 4:08 pm)SteveII Wrote: There was no stream of consciousness or successive chains of thoughts.

Contradiction: You cannot have "a series of mental events" and also assert, "there was no stream of consciousness or successive chains of thoughts."
Contradiction: You cannot "form a before and after (therefore some measure of "time")" in a truly timeless state. Timeless, by definition, would have no "before and after."

Again, because I have to state this emphatically so you don't go off trying to slay straw men, I am ONLY talking about what your timeless God supposedly did before the creation of the universe... not your God's imagined relationship to time after the creation.


Yeah, this is exactly what I'm having trouble with as well. How is his mindless, thoughtless God able to perform any action at all whilst timeless? What does it even mean to exist timelessly without any consciousness? I'd call that dead...
Nay_Sayer: “Nothing is impossible if you dream big enough, or in this case, nothing is impossible if you use a barrel of KY Jelly and a miniature horse.”

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Dr Craig getting destroyed in a debate by Shelly Kagan now that was super fun as fuck
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(May 9, 2016 at 9:07 pm)Alasdair Ham Wrote: Dr Craig getting destroyed in a debate by Shelly Kagan now that was super fun as fuck

I relistened to that debate today; Craig was definitively out of his league.

Notice how Steve is ignoring my posts; perhaps someone else can answer for him.


Quote:If the set of natural numbers is an actual infinite set (most mathematicians say that it is), does "god" have an infinite number of thoughts in his head?  Or, is there a natural number that "god" does not know about?
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(May 9, 2016 at 10:35 am)Mister Agenda Wrote: I would just like to take a moment to appreciate Steve II. Barring any horrible posts of his I may have missed, he is a good sport. He stays composed, and is not easily offended, He's a good speller. And I think he is an all-around nice guy, and an interesting contributor. And by his example, he is living proof that how we treat theists here has a lot to do with how they treat us.

Thanks, Steve II.

I have given up trying to debate him, but I do agree he's a lot more civil and thoughtful than most theists we get through here.
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(May 9, 2016 at 10:04 pm)Jehanne Wrote: Notice how Steve is ignoring my posts; perhaps someone else can answer for him.


Quote:If the set of natural numbers is an actual infinite set (most mathematicians say that it is), does "god" have an infinite number of thoughts in his head?  Or, is there a natural number that "god" does not know about?

You are asking the same thing as "can God make a rock so big that he can't pick it up". No, God cannot do logically impossible things like count all the natural numbers.
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What prevents god from doing so?  What constrains god within those logical boundaries,  if god is so constrained? Perhaps you could elaborate upon this force or power that surrounds and limits your god? That, whatever it is, sounds considerably more interesting and informative than this middle-manning "god" business, to me.
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(May 10, 2016 at 9:58 am)SteveII Wrote:
(May 9, 2016 at 10:04 pm)Jehanne Wrote: Notice how Steve is ignoring my posts; perhaps someone else can answer for him.

You are asking the same thing as "can God make a rock so big that he can't pick it up". No, God cannot do logically impossible things like count all the natural numbers.


You say that like it's not a relevant and legitimate question about what you are asserting. Why? Why should an all powerful God be bound by the laws of logic? Did he create them in such a way that he was subsequently constrained by them? You don't get to escape Jehanne's point by saying, "oh, well it's just one of those kinds of questions."
Nay_Sayer: “Nothing is impossible if you dream big enough, or in this case, nothing is impossible if you use a barrel of KY Jelly and a miniature horse.”

Wiser words were never spoken. 
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(May 10, 2016 at 9:58 am)SteveII Wrote:
(May 9, 2016 at 10:04 pm)Jehanne Wrote: Notice how Steve is ignoring my posts; perhaps someone else can answer for him.

You are asking the same thing as "can God make a rock so big that he can't pick it up". No, God cannot do logically impossible things like count all the natural numbers.

If that's the case, then God cannot have created anything out of nothing ... or timelessly created ... or anything of the sort ...
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(May 10, 2016 at 10:02 am)Rhythm Wrote: What prevents god from doing so?  What constrains god within those logical boundaries,  if god is so constrained?


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