(September 28, 2012 at 4:00 pm)Darkstar Wrote: So, basically, because god is defined as infinite he is allowed to break the laws of physics and contradict himself without losing validity, and even create a paradox that isn't impossible. He can make 2+2=7 and be right. If it is beyond the scope of human understanding (or, more accurately, it is literally impossible), then it is 'the mystery of god'.No no, God does not break the laws of physics because (essentially speaking) God subsists and enables physical reality. Sort of like how math exists (by very imperfect analogy). 2+2=4 at all places and at all time with all things, and physical reality partakes of these divine eternal laws (co-existent with whatever exists in the same 'place').
God also cannot make 2+2=7 or anything contradictory. You are right to say He is omnipotent, but omnipotence only entails the ability to do anything. A contradiction is not even a thing, it designates nothing, and is not just 'beyond' our God-given reason, but opposes it.
Darkstar Wrote:Because he is defined as infinite, of course he is non-falsifiable.That is correct, and this is before all facts. Unlike God, most other things are logically non-falsifiable, even if completely impractical and beyond our capacity to do so (this is an important point that distinguishes God from flying teapots, etc. There is a difference between lacking the ability to disprove something practically and it being truly, logically non-falsifiable!).
Darkstar Wrote:There will always be gaps for god-of-the-gaps to hide in. Once you disprove FSM with absolute certainty, I will do so for god (becuase neither can be done).Again, I do not know what you mean by a FSM, but, unless its just another name you give God (in which case the argument is merely verbal), I can show you how its possibly false (unlike God).
This has nothing to do with that silly meme of 'god-of-the-gaps'. The Catholic God has never gone under a definitional shift nor minimalized in the role He plays in the universe. Modern science has also confirmed our cosmology where it used to be doubted 'scientifically' for thousands of years. Friend, please save that 'god-in-the-gaps' meme for the anti-intellectual fundamentalists. It is somewhat effective there I think (besides the unfortunate fact that they are anti-intellectual and such arguments are ineffective on them anyhow
