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Author Topic:   The consequences of an intelligent designer
kuresu
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Message 12 of 53 (358863)
10-25-2006 7:58 PM
Reply to: Message 11 by 42
10-25-2006 7:25 PM


Re: An example.
human interaction is nothing in terms of compexity to our brains.
we have, for the most part, been able to explain a lot of human interactions. not true of the brain. we're talking about a processor that is so much greater than any computer, yet at the same time, can't process anywhere near the same amount as a normal computer on a conscious level. we're talking about the organ that is the cause of plenty of mental disorders--like schizophrenia. We're not even sure how our brain's get into depression (we're close on that one, though). We're talking about something that can dream, and we don't even know the mechanism for it. It is the organ that at the same time can create absolutely wonderful ideas and destroy them with unequaled cruelty and fury.
mind you, we've just started working on the brain (roughly a hundred years? maybe more like fifty?). but as of now, it is pretty much the most complex thing we know of.
I don't mean to imply a "brain of the gaps" as the reason it is the most complex thing we know of, in case it comes off like that.

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kuresu
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Message 37 of 53 (359142)
10-26-2006 7:34 PM
Reply to: Message 21 by mike the wiz
10-26-2006 11:58 AM


Re: Hi Gasb
You say God is omnipotent and knows nothing of survival, yes?
you forgot to mention the other thing that Gasby said--God is also immortal.
how can an immortal being know what it is like to try and survive?
because in order to try and survive, the risk of death must be real.
so in other words, either your God doesn't know everything, or he is mortal. which is it?
(and unless it's a typo, or I missed something somewhere along the line in this thread, isn't god's knowledge omniscient?)

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