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RE: sincere question for theists and deists
June 20, 2011 at 2:22 pm (This post was last modified: June 20, 2011 at 2:23 pm by Welsh cake.)
(June 19, 2011 at 4:01 am)Stue Denim Wrote: If the creator deity is infinitely intelligent, or in the case of deism, at least hyper intelligent enough to create the universe, does the creator even need to create?
Indeed, it presents a massive stumbling block for theism in general, if the god in question is wholly perfect, lacks nothing, is content and without desire or flaw (as they assert), then why the want or need to create anything at all?

A perfect god has no use for a universe.

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sincere question for theists and deists - by Darth - June 19, 2011 at 4:01 am
RE: sincere question for theists and deists - by Nick_A - June 19, 2011 at 5:24 pm
RE: sincere question for theists and deists - by Cinjin - June 19, 2011 at 5:47 pm
RE: sincere question for theists and deists - by Nick_A - June 19, 2011 at 9:40 pm
RE: sincere question for theists and deists - by Darth - June 20, 2011 at 2:43 am
RE: sincere question for theists and deists - by Nick_A - June 20, 2011 at 9:48 am
RE: sincere question for theists and deists - by Welsh cake - June 20, 2011 at 2:22 pm
RE: sincere question for theists and deists - by Darth - June 24, 2011 at 2:03 am

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