Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site unm-la.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!unc!mcnc!decvax!genrad!panda!talcott!harvard!seismo!cmcl2!lanl!dspo!unm-la!cs193aae From: cs193aae@unm-la.UUCP Newsgroups: net.religion Subject: Re: Bill Peter Message-ID: <262@unm-la.UUCP> Date: Tue, 5-Mar-85 22:42:31 EST Article-I.D.: unm-la.262 Posted: Tue Mar 5 22:42:31 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 9-Mar-85 06:32:40 EST References: <229@cmu-cs-gandalf.ARPA> Organization: Univ. of New Mexico, Los Alamos Lines: 38 > > { from: bill peter } > > Similarly, with the existence of a deity. There is no way to prove the > > existence of a deity, but a good case can be made for the fact that > > certain peculiar physical coincidences and the structure of mathematical > > and physical laws INDICATES to many intelligent people the existence of a > > creator. > [Keebler:] > Really?! Please post some of these "peculiar physical coincidences and > structure of mathematical and physical laws" that indicate the existence > of a creator. If these mythical things really do exist, I think people > in places like the ICR or the Moral Majority would have quickly snagged > them and use them for propaganda. I have yet to see one such creature. When you get out of elementary school and learn to read properly, maybe then we can have a discussion. But I see no purpose in wasting time with you if you're going to liken my philosophical views to those held by people in the ICR and Moral Majority. > >[moi:] > > Note the existence of such a creator is not inconsistent with > > any known physical law or experimental observation. > [Keebler:] > Note that the existence of twenty creators is not inconsistent with > any known physical law or experimental observation. Nor is Santa Claus > or the Easter Bunny, but I doubt you have as much faith in them as you > do in the singular deity that you refer to. When you retire from your mind-reading career and write a book about your exploits, I hope you mention how you deduced from so short a posting the true extent of my beliefs in a deity. If you can read my mind now, I hope you take my advice and jump into the Monongahela river. -- bill peter