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Discussion of the Deism vs. Theism debate.
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RE: Discussion of the Deism vs. Theism debate.
November 20, 2010 at 6:15 pm (This post was last modified: November 20, 2010 at 6:18 pm by Lethe.)
Quote:Given the size and age of the universe, it seems reasonable to assume that the very scale prevents God from relating to us any more than the human scientist can relate to the individual bacteria cell in the colony he created in the petri dish.

Did this remind anyone else of "The Genesis Tub" in The Simpson's Treehouse of Horror VII episode?

Located here for anyone with an overabundance of free time. Tongue The segment I was referring to begins at approximately seven minutes in.
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Discussion of the Deism vs. Theism debate.

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Discussion of the Deism vs. Theism debate. - by leo-rcc - November 13, 2010 at 3:27 pm
RE: Discussion of the Deism vs. Theism debate. - by theVOID - November 13, 2010 at 11:03 pm
RE: Discussion of the Deism vs. Theism debate. - by Dotard - November 13, 2010 at 11:34 pm
RE: Discussion of the Deism vs. Theism debate. - by Rayaan - November 14, 2010 at 12:12 am
RE: Discussion of the Deism vs. Theism debate. - by theVOID - November 14, 2010 at 12:17 am
RE: Discussion of the Deism vs. Theism debate. - by A Theist - November 18, 2010 at 6:43 am
RE: Discussion of the Deism vs. Theism debate. - by Lethe - November 20, 2010 at 6:15 pm
RE: Discussion of the Deism vs. Theism debate. - by Cego_Colher - November 20, 2010 at 11:16 pm
RE: Discussion of the Deism vs. Theism debate. - by theVOID - November 20, 2010 at 11:36 pm
RE: Discussion of the Deism vs. Theism debate. - by padraic - November 24, 2010 at 5:07 pm
RE: Discussion of the Deism vs. Theism debate. - by ib.me.ub - November 25, 2010 at 1:08 am
RE: Discussion of the Deism vs. Theism debate. - by leo-rcc - November 30, 2010 at 7:26 am
RE: Discussion of the Deism vs. Theism debate. - by Rayaan - February 14, 2011 at 5:20 pm
RE: Discussion of the Deism vs. Theism debate. - by leo-rcc - February 15, 2011 at 8:55 am
RE: Discussion of the Deism vs. Theism debate. - by leo-rcc - February 15, 2011 at 11:47 am

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