(October 24, 2011 at 2:41 pm)DeistPaladin Wrote: Marvelous example of design by a friendly god that's watching over everything, as an aside.
It was marvelously designed, before sin corrupted everything. In any case, God works with it and hasn't abandoned them. As an aside, I find it odd that you excuse your Gods absenteeism like it is a positive thing. All things being equal, an uninvolved/incompetant/powerless God whose Universe is some kind of glorified fishtank is one of the worst scenerios possible. It's strange to me that if He is a personal God, you hate Him, but if He is impersonal you think He has done a bang up job. Same Universe and everything, but two schizophrenic perspectives.
(October 24, 2011 at 2:41 pm)DeistPaladin Wrote: Back to the discussion, conjoined twins are not one being nor are they one person. They are two beings with one conjoined body. If some mad scientist were to stitch the two of us together, we'd still be two beings.
I am not saying it is a perfect analogy, but it is a useful one. There are plenty of examples of people born with two heads but sharing one complete body. For all intents and purposes, they are two in one.
(October 24, 2011 at 2:41 pm)DeistPaladin Wrote: You said he did.
I said He set aside some of His power and rank, not His identity.