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Dr. Craig is a liar.
RE: Dr. Craig is a liar.
(May 11, 2016 at 12:29 pm)wiploc Wrote:
(May 11, 2016 at 10:17 am)SteveII Wrote: No. There is no such thing as an actual infinite of anything--including truths.

Your god is finite, then.

That does not follow. How is God an actual infinite of something?
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RE: Dr. Craig is a liar.
(May 11, 2016 at 12:46 pm)FatAndFaithless Wrote: "God can do anything"

No, God can only do things that are logically possible. He can only know things that are logically possible.
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Quote:Related to the question why God cannot do logically impossible things, God would not be able to do things contrary to his nature.

What is "God's" nature? How do you know?
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RE: Dr. Craig is a liar.
(May 11, 2016 at 12:55 pm)LadyForCamus Wrote:
(May 11, 2016 at 12:46 pm)SteveII Wrote: Why do you think God needs to "think" about anything prior to creation? 
Why can't causation be simultaneous with its effect? Why does causation presuppose the existence of time? 
Why can't God become temporal the moment there was something to have a temporal relationship with?

You misunderstood the sentence: "The image of God existing idly before creation is just that: a figment of the imagination." The point was NOT to imagine God sitting idly.


Aaaand...god-magic.   [emoji53].   Steve:  TT is not required to think any of these things about God.  He can simply follow logic and reason where they lead.  You're the one making the assertions (e.g. God has some other magical way of coming up with the idea of creation without using "thoughts" or "a mind," which frankly, is idiotic and desperate when you consider it from an unbiased POV), so if you expect anyone to take them seriously you must support them with evidence.

Wait a minute. Aren't you the one that just claimed that logic and reason are constructs of humans and limited to our universe? How do these then apply to discussing God prior to the universe? 

I am not making assertions. I am defending the inferences made by the KCA.
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No, you're not defending any inference made by the KCA..because you're talking about a god, and the KCA doesn't make god inferences, remember? That's for "other arguments".

As to the question above...it;s just another 180. -We- don't know that logical limits (or any limits) apply to god, -you- asserted that they did.
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(May 11, 2016 at 1:44 pm)LadyForCamus Wrote: @steve

I apologize for using "idiotic."  I wasn't calling you an idiot; you seem very well educated.  I only meant that I find these ideas about God idiotic.  Still, you have always been respectful in our exchanges and I owe you the same.  I could have come up with less inflammatory phrasing.  Sorry.

No offense taken. Thanks though.
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RE: Dr. Craig is a liar.
(May 11, 2016 at 3:28 pm)LadyForCamus Wrote:
(May 11, 2016 at 2:24 pm)SteveII Wrote: You are right. It concludes an uncaused cause, timeless, immaterial, personal and powerful enough to create something from nothing. You use other arguments from natural theology to conclude other properties or characteristics.


How does it conclude, "personal" btw?  And...what do you mean by "personal"?

It means nothing compelled God to create the universe. It was a free act not determined by something other than God. Without this concept, there would have been no creative event.
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That's what the term personal means?  LOL........holy shit.
I am the Infantry. I am my country’s strength in war, her deterrent in peace. I am the heart of the fight… wherever, whenever. I carry America’s faith and honor against her enemies. I am the Queen of Battle. I am what my country expects me to be, the best trained Soldier in the world. In the race for victory, I am swift, determined, and courageous, armed with a fierce will to win. Never will I fail my country’s trust. Always I fight on…through the foe, to the objective, to triumph overall. If necessary, I will fight to my death. By my steadfast courage, I have won more than 200 years of freedom. I yield not to weakness, to hunger, to cowardice, to fatigue, to superior odds, For I am mentally tough, physically strong, and morally straight. I forsake not, my country, my mission, my comrades, my sacred duty. I am relentless. I am always there, now and forever. I AM THE INFANTRY! FOLLOW ME!
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RE: Dr. Craig is a liar.
(May 11, 2016 at 7:12 pm)SteveII Wrote:
(May 11, 2016 at 12:46 pm)FatAndFaithless Wrote: "God can do anything"

No, God can only do things that are logically possible. He can only know things that are logically possible.

Same thing. What things are there besides logically possible things? None, by definition.
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RE: Dr. Craig is a liar.
(May 11, 2016 at 7:11 pm)SteveII Wrote:
(May 11, 2016 at 12:29 pm)wiploc Wrote: Your god is finite, then.

That does not follow. How is God an actual infinite of something?

If god become temporal and time began 13.8 billions years ago, then if god is omniscient, then all future events, from god's perspective, constitutes an actual infinite set, correct?
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