On Wed, 2003-01-22 at 09:33, Nuno Nunes wrote: > On Wed, 2003-01-22 at 15:56, Adrian 'Dagurashibanipal' von Bidder wrote: > > On Mit, 2003-01-22 at 13:23, Nuno Nunes wrote: > > > On Wed, 2003-01-22 at 03:03, Vikki Roemer wrote: > > > > > > > Besides, if God sees the 'Big Picture' and mainly cares about that, > > > > then why would s/he be just as petty and silly as your nosy neighbor > > > > across the way? Hmm? Besides that, I have other reasons why I > > > > believe in some sort of god; not for superstitious reasons-- quantum > > > > physics. :) > > > > > > I could be taking your words to mean something you didn't want them to > > > mean, but please don't say stuff like that... > > > > I found it was quite clear that Vikki just said that it was for *her* a > > reason to believe in a God entity. She didn't claim it was a proof of > > existence or what. > > > > For me it's the same with the incompleteness theorem of Goedel, in a > > way. > > > > cheers > > -- vbi > > > > -- > > featured link: http://fortytwo.ch/gpg/intro > > Maybe I wasn't clear, I meant that quantum physics or set theory may > sound more sophisticated, but to me they give us no more insight about a > hypothetical divine being than lightning or eclipses gave to our > ancestors. > > Believing or not isn't a matter of rationality, it doesn't need > explaining. Throwing some bits of hard-to-understand science into it > seems very dishonest in some way... as if you were trying to make it > sound respectable through obscurity. Especially among people like us, who generally loathe such tactics. Anyway, why is there such a ruckus over the use of quantum physics as evidence of the existence of God? Perhaps it is. Be open-minded. Alex. -- PGP Public Key: http://aoi.dyndns.org/~alex/pgp-public-key -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.1 GCS d- s:++ a18 C++(++++)>$ UL+++(++++) P--- L+++>++++ E---- W+(+++) N- o-- K+ w--- !O M(+) V-- PS+++ PE-- Y+ PGP+(+++) t* 5-- X-- R tv b- DI D+++ G e h! !r y ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------
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