Re: The logic of atheism

prabbit1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> Ben Goren wrote:
>
>> If, tomorrow, God decides to end existence, I won't finish
>> writing this post.
>>
>> If he waits until next week, I still won't finish writing this
>> post.
>>
>> Even if he waits a million bazillion Sagans of years, I /still/
>> won't finish writing this post.
>>
>> If you're reading this post, you know that, even in an infinite
>> amount of time, God never decides to end existence.
>
> Note that I said "maybe 3 years from now he decidced to end it
> all FROM THAT POINT ON." (emphasis added.)

So?

I mean, what's the point of discussing something that's obviously
possible that has nothing at all to do with my original example?

> Same fot his omnipotent god; the fact that he hasn't wiped out
> ALL existence, past included, doesn't mena he CAN'T do so, it
> just means he DIDN'T do so and the reason he didn't do so may be
> because time doesn't/won't extend forever and thus we can't
> expect everything that is possible to definitely happen at least
> once.

An omnipotent god /must/ have an infinite existence. If such a
being has a finite existence, then there's an infinite number of
things he's powerless to do. He can't deal out that infinite
number of royal flushes, for example.

/Why/ he doesn't do something, given infinite opportunity to
do so, is unimportant. Whatever the reason, it's sufficient
to prevent him from doing so. He doesn't want to? Then his
personality prevents him from doing it. He wants to but doesn't
have enough time in which to accomplish it? Then he doesn't have
the power to give himself enough time.

>> Happy?
>
> Not when you're expecting a god to do the logically impossible.

I don't think there's any point in going further until you can
offer up an example of something that's logically possible but
physically impossible. You're making a false distinction between
the two that's simply not supported.

Besides, what's the point of omnipotence if you can't do the
impossible? What else is a miracle but the manifestation of the
impossible?

Cheers,

b&

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