(April 19, 2013 at 9:29 pm)A_Nony_Mouse Wrote:(April 19, 2013 at 9:00 pm)Tex Wrote: I really wish Rhythm would actually give input rather than just smile at his own posts...
You said
If God is Existence, creation isn't such a difficult thing. Just like you and I can make a table from trees, God can make a tree from his own omnipotence.
1) The IF is not established.
2) I exist. God is existence. I am both existence and god. You are posting gibberish.
3) There is no evidence that trees existed prior to their evolution. Can but did not means it is only your speculation which is of no interest.
Your gibberish sucks.
1) Sorry about that, let me give you the reasoning here. I am, so I "participate in Being". I'm not the only thing in existence, so I participate in "Being" along with many other things. Since I participate in Being, I am not Being. However, Being is. If Being was not, I would not be able to participate in Being, and therefore would not be.
At this point we use the Euthyphro dilemma. Is God dependent on Being or is Being a creation of God? Well, if God was dependent on Being, he's not omnipotent and not God. If God made being, God had to exist to do that. Instead, just like with the Good, God is Being. He himself is uncaused and eternally existent.
2) You "participate in Being/Existence".
3) I'm not saying that trees existed prior to evolution. I'm saying God could, hypothetically, poof them into existence. I believe in evolution. The question that the whole "Being" thing addresses is, "Where did matter/energy come from in the first place?".
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