RE: Question for deists: why is there a Creator?
May 22, 2011 at 4:56 pm
(This post was last modified: May 22, 2011 at 5:01 pm by DeistPaladin.)
(May 22, 2011 at 2:34 am)Rayaan Wrote: So if God is a conscious being, as you stated, then does it really make sense to think that He's an impersonal God (while having consciousness)? That idea doesn't seem to fit together for me though.
Consciousness doesn't mean personal. I sometimes use my human-scientist-and-the-petri-dish analogy to illustrate. The human scientist cultivate the bacteria colony in the petri dish but has no relationship with the individual cells or any ability to relate to them. It's a matter of scale.
(May 22, 2011 at 2:36 am)Cinjin Cain Wrote: I wasn't implying that it was. "...visit this website"
Oops, my bad.
(May 22, 2011 at 3:12 pm)Zenith Wrote: You know, I was thinking of something like: do you have any arguments why there must/should be a Creator, instead of things simply existing (i.e. atheist version)? If you think there is a God, are there some things that made you reach that conclusion?
Mostly instinct, to be completely honest.
There is my "homosexuality proves God" argument.
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