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From: shiue@h-sc1.UUCP (steve shiue)
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Subject: Re: Re: Philosophy of science and Creationism
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Date: Sat, 26-Oct-85 16:09:39 EST
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> 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