Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site h-sc1.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!harvard!h-sc1!shiue From: shiue@h-sc1.UUCP (steve shiue) Newsgroups: net.origins Subject: Re: Re: Philosophy of science and Creationism Message-ID: <645@h-sc1.UUCP> Date: Sat, 26-Oct-85 16:09:39 EST Article-I.D.: h-sc1.645 Posted: Sat Oct 26 16:09:39 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 31-Oct-85 06:24:50 EST References: <11384@rochester.UUCP> <615@hou2g.UUCP> <143@ucdavis.UUCP> <12288@rochester.UUCP> <46@utastro.UUCP> <297@umich.UUCP <799@cybvax026 Oct 85 20:09:39 GMT Distribution: net Organization: Harvard Univ. Science Center Lines: 23 > In article <634@h-sc1.UUCP> shiue@h-sc1.UUCP (steve shiue) writes: > > People like Alexander > > Pope (see the Essay on Man) have been saying for hundreds of > > years that because God is OMNISCIENT as well as omnipotent, > > and therefore is not subject to questioning. > > By that same standard, a hypothetical God is not subject to ANY understanding. > > Even assuming the Bible is inspired by God, we cannot know God's purpose > in giving it to us. Because we cannot understand the purpose, we have no > way of knowing if God intended us to accept/reject/believe/disbelieve the > Bible. > -- > > Mike Huybensz ...decvax!genrad!mit-eddie!cybvax0!mrh Did you read the rest of my article, Mike? If so, then it should be obvious that the viewpoint I was presenting was not my own - I was attempting to point out that the assumption of an omniscient, omnipotent being "allows" creationists to avoid any scientific rigor. -Steve Shiue