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Straggler
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08-13-2013 9:13 AM


If God Ever Stopped Intervening In Nature....
I was intrigued by this idea:
DawnBertot writes:
If God ever stopped intervining in nature, you would stop breathing and cease to exists. Its not possible for God not to intervene.
How would you define or determine God "doing nothing"
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I have come across the idea that some god set things in motion and then left the universe entirely to it's own devices. I have come across the idea that some god set things in motion and then watched the universe unfold but gave the odd helping hand or caused the odd miracle here and there. I have seen numerous variations of these sorts of 'walkaway' or 'tweaker' gods.
I don't think I have previously been confronted with the idea that every breath we take requires god's involvement and that an absence of intervention at any moment in time would equate to the end of existence.
Is this sort of ultra-intervention idea common amongst theists?
How much intervening does god do?
Is any intervening necessary at all?
How would we define or determine God "doing nothing" as opposed to God doing something?
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