(January 27, 2010 at 7:35 pm)fr0d0 Wrote: If plate tectonics didn't exist the planet wouldn't support life... is the argument both for God and Nature. They both just 'are'. It's egotistical to project human attributes to the phenomena, and fallacious to assume that God 'chose'. Assuming 'God': everything (as in nature) is him so 'deciding' is just nature enacting it's 'course'.
But the bible applies human attributes to God all the time.
Mercy, jealousy, love, anger, etc, etc,etc.
The christian god is pretty much a distillation of the worst of humanity.
Whereas a universe spanning god(which is what you appear to be advocating)
not only would have none of these but would be unaware of humans at all.
If you're not supposed to ride faster than your guardian angel can fly then mine had better get a bloody SR-71.