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bluegenes
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Message 31 of 148 (579428)
09-04-2010 4:13 PM


Unemployment.
So, what can one do when made redundant but drink in the pub all day and attempt to justify one's existence?
Jesus and Mo
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bluegenes
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Message 59 of 148 (580167)
09-08-2010 12:25 AM
Reply to: Message 56 by Bolder-dash
09-07-2010 11:21 PM


Bolder-dash writes:
What we see, what many people see is a type of order, and the most logical explanation for order is input, arrangement: call it what your mind is willing to, a force, a super-natural input, a creator, a God.....
The "supernatural" isn't about order and laws, it's about being able to break the apparent laws (which are human constructions based on observation). The supernatural implies the unpredictability of miracles and magic, not order.
If the computer screen you're looking at suddenly changes into a bottle of wine, that would be a sign of the supernatural. But it remaining as a computer screen until it breaks down or is destroyed is in keeping with natural law as we observe it.
Theists like to have it both ways. Apparent miracles will be taken as a sign of god, and so will the apparent absence of miracles, things going according to natural laws.

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