Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site pyuxn.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!gamma!pyuxww!pyuxn!pez From: pez@pyuxn.UUCP (Paul Zimmerman) Newsgroups: net.origins,net.religion,net.religion.christian Subject: The truth about God (reply to Yosi Hoshen) Message-ID: <309@pyuxn.UUCP> Date: Mon, 19-Aug-85 13:36:10 EDT Article-I.D.: pyuxn.309 Posted: Mon Aug 19 13:36:10 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 23-Aug-85 19:55:13 EDT References: <305@pyuxn.UUCP> <630@ihu1m.UUCP> Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Piscataway, N.J. Lines: 12 Keywords: entropy, evil Xref: watmath net.origins:2154 net.religion:7431 net.religion.christian:1109 No, Yosi, there is nothing inherently evil about entropy. But an examination of how it is used by the Damager-God makes it clear what his intentions are. You say ``there are many more random states than ordered states,'' making it more likely that transitions will be into random states. Well, who is responsible for that if not God Himself? Why is the tendency for a closed system to lean towards disorder? Doesn't that sound peculiar to you? Maybe it is doing that because the system is not closed at all, because a Damager-God sticks His hand into it and wreaks havoc. -- Paul Zimmerman - AT&T Bell Laboratories pyuxn!pez