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Author Topic:   How can there be a creator without creation?
Evlreala
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Message 17 of 111 (519226)
08-12-2009 1:00 PM
Reply to: Message 5 by Dr Jack
08-12-2009 5:43 AM


I'm afraid your analogy is a bit misleading..
Your analogy invokes a character from history that there is more then suffecient evidence to conclude that he did, in fact, exist. The same can not be said for the god of the christian bible.
Joe Walters of 47 e. 3rd street checked his mailbox and pushed the flag back down a moment ago.
-The mail has not been checked yet and the flag is still up at 47 e. 3rd street.
If we assume that there can be no other reason for mail to have not been checked yet or for the flag to have not been down, we can conclude that the story of Joe Walters checking his mail to be falseified.
This, however, is only conclusive in respect to the story not nessessarily to the character in the story. If, on the other hand, this story is the only "evidence" for the existance of the man Joe Walter then it is reasonable to conclude that the man does not exist at 47 e. 3rd street until evidence shows otherwise.
Now, if we assume that "God" in questoion is only in referance to the christian god, and no other, it is my understanding that this paradigm applies. If not, then it is inconclusive.
Edited by Evlreala, : typo (I know.. forgive the spelling..)

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