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Recent content by Iacchus32

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    How Many Generations - Matthew 1:17

    I don't know if this is the correct forum to post this, but here goes. Does anyone understand what this means? Is this saying there are 42 generations altogether? I did a head count (below) and only came up with 41. Am I missing something here? Is Solomon actually a part of David's...
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    Nothing vs Everything

    Yes, the fact that something does exist, goes completely and unequivocally beyond any notion of nothing. In fact we have a whole Universe set in its place just to maintain that "something" can exist. So you see it can't just be nothing versus something. It has to be nothing versus everything. In...
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    An Arbitrary Universe?

    This is very well put, your whole post in fact. Remind me not to get into an argument with you, Okay? ;)
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    An Arbitrary Universe?

    Have you seen Bushido216's post above? An excellent post! In fact if I didn't know better I'd think he was trying to scare everybody off! :D
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    An Arbitrary Universe?

    Are you saying you can only believe in God then, and that there's no way of ascertaining it for yourself? I don't agree, but at the same time I'm not here to push that on people. Perhaps it's as you say below, I didn't check to see if you were a "Christian?" Well it sounds like we're pretty much...
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    An Arbitrary Universe?

    How so? If there were a supernatural being, which doesn't exist in the phyiscal realm which, is what the problem is with Science, don't you think there would be a means by which to connect with it, say like internally, by means of a soul? Oh, I didn't realize Science was in the business of...
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    An Arbitrary Universe?

    I think the laws of physics suggests order, where perhaps there should be none. Or perhaps if we were to understand that there are two ways to interpret it, in a natural or external sense, in other words literally, as well as an internal or, spiritual sense. The Bible is very symbolic in what it...
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    An Arbitrary Universe?

    Yes, but if we can accept that God does exist, and know that He doesn't live in the same dimension that we do (let's call it the spiritual kingdom), then where does that put Him at the time of the Big Bang? Possibly in this other dimension which, existed prior to it? A dimension which, for all...
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    An Arbitrary Universe?

    How can you assign order to nothing? This is all contingent upon "nothing" existing before the Big Bang of course. Do you believe people should be spared from breaking their legs when they walk over the edge of a cliff? Yes, but how could you even begin to differentiate between a tiger and a...
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    An Arbitrary Universe?

    And yet if this was something you were certain of, I don't see how it couldn't have an effect on your views about the creation of the Universe.
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    An Arbitrary Universe?

    Yes, I can understand why you would like to believe this is so -- you see, it works both ways ;) -- but, what I'm suggesting is that is possible to affirm God exists, without determining how the Universe came into existence. In which case it leaves you with a distinct advantage (if it were true)...
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    An Arbitrary Universe?

    In other words you're suggesting the complexity has always existed in the form of God? This is what I believe anyway. Of course we also have to ask if the law maker is not one and the same as the laws He creates or, if He stands outside of the laws He creates? Am not sure if this is...
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    An Arbitrary Universe?

    The fact that we're able to define anything perhaps? How can we define anything without a sense of order? Says the nature of cause-and-effect. Or, are we supposed to just let it ride in this one instance? Well, it's very important to me that it does makes sense. ;) The order is still there...
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    An Arbitrary Universe?

    Of course this is highly probable contingent upon "the fact" that God doesn't exist, right? What if you were able to establish for a fact that God does exist, would that make a difference?
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    An Arbitrary Universe?

    And yet time and space are contained "within" the moment. So what does that mean, except that the moment -- which, is ever-lasting -- exists "outside" of time and space.
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