RE: The Watchmaker: my fav argument
March 10, 2021 at 10:06 am
(This post was last modified: March 10, 2021 at 10:11 am by The Grand Nudger.)
Apollo kicks a star, your god is the grand nudger. I'm not sure theres much of a difference there, or that whatever difference there is... skews in the way you'd like... to positively mischaracterize your own faith.
I think that the attributes which matter (in both cases) are the ones which surround healing. Both attempts at a god are expressions of some similar belief in, as you would put it, restoration. We could test that assumption. Is there any belief in any superstition that you would maintain over your belief in restoration, or at least the possibility of restoration? If a designed universe prevented restoration - for example. Would you then reject your religious beliefs about restoration as a sacred and inviolable truth?
I think that the attributes which matter (in both cases) are the ones which surround healing. Both attempts at a god are expressions of some similar belief in, as you would put it, restoration. We could test that assumption. Is there any belief in any superstition that you would maintain over your belief in restoration, or at least the possibility of restoration? If a designed universe prevented restoration - for example. Would you then reject your religious beliefs about restoration as a sacred and inviolable truth?
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