I should just shut up and read a thread sometimes.
Interesting exchange between Khem and Neo which I can't help but hope will move beyond meh. I can't verify that Aquinas was eager to turn the god of biscuits into the god of philosophers, but it certainly has the ring of truthiness.
At first I was perplexed by LoC's original question. I mean, either you think such a Being makes sense or you don't. Assuming she doesn't, why is she asking for It to be coherent? Then I realized she was attempting to do a little Socratic teaching. @ G'sC: she was trying to show you that there are inconsistencies in the idea of God, in the bible and in the things xtians tell themselves to hold it all together. But you just went on insisting she hadn't responded to what you said. I'd say you pretty much wrestled her to a draw in terms of who was going to frame the conversation. @LoC: this must be the thanks one gets for trying to do someone some good. I'd say G'sC is no more interested in the good you'd do him than you are the good he'd like to do you. What was it Neo said? Oh yeah, "meh".
Interesting exchange between Khem and Neo which I can't help but hope will move beyond meh. I can't verify that Aquinas was eager to turn the god of biscuits into the god of philosophers, but it certainly has the ring of truthiness.
At first I was perplexed by LoC's original question. I mean, either you think such a Being makes sense or you don't. Assuming she doesn't, why is she asking for It to be coherent? Then I realized she was attempting to do a little Socratic teaching. @ G'sC: she was trying to show you that there are inconsistencies in the idea of God, in the bible and in the things xtians tell themselves to hold it all together. But you just went on insisting she hadn't responded to what you said. I'd say you pretty much wrestled her to a draw in terms of who was going to frame the conversation. @LoC: this must be the thanks one gets for trying to do someone some good. I'd say G'sC is no more interested in the good you'd do him than you are the good he'd like to do you. What was it Neo said? Oh yeah, "meh".