tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363362.post6007305953653472635..comments2024-03-14T08:15:15.207-07:00Comments on CADRE Comments: Is the Universe too big and old to be a creation of the Christian God?BKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01967809861892681780noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363362.post-2222908917638497102011-02-08T05:47:23.953-08:002011-02-08T05:47:23.953-08:00Remember the scene in Inception where one couple c...Remember the scene in Inception where one couple creates an entire sprawling cityscape? Like a futuristic, scaled up version of Manhattan? They don't do it because two people need a vast metropolis to survive in. Rather, they do it for the sheer exercise in creativity.stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16547070544928321788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363362.post-91499377676601841212011-02-07T08:44:34.445-08:002011-02-07T08:44:34.445-08:00Saying that the universe is very big and very old ...Saying that the universe is very big and very old just means that we are very small and very short-lived with respect to the longest distances and times that apparently exist in the universe. But it would be at least as appropriate to say that we are very big and very long-lived with respect to the shortest distances and times that seem to exist. On a logarithmic scale, humans are actually Peter Bruinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12630941610457041268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363362.post-11379672709934962492011-02-07T07:39:21.865-08:002011-02-07T07:39:21.865-08:00You're quite right that if the universe were r...You're quite right that if the universe were really small, he'd simply say, "An infinite omnipotent God would never create such a puny universe, so Christianity must be wrong!"<br /><br /><b>Also begging the question about life on other planets.</b>Joseph Hinman (Metacrock)https://www.blogger.com/profile/06957529748541493998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363362.post-46496025472055681302011-02-07T07:24:47.430-08:002011-02-07T07:24:47.430-08:00One is tempted to reply, "What 'need'...One is tempted to reply, "What 'need' does God have of a complete idiot? Therefore the existence of Carrier disproves the existence of God!" But it's only a temptation of course; one would no doubt resist it. <br /><br />Seriously, it's hard to believe stuff like this isn't meant as a joke. Maybe some of these so-called atheists are really theists playing at reverseDavidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363362.post-53287639535224359952011-02-07T04:31:38.859-08:002011-02-07T04:31:38.859-08:00Typical ploy the atheists are using all the time. ...Typical ploy the atheists are using all the time. Literlize the Bible, or that is put up a straw God argument based upon literlizing the Bible and insist that this must be the proper Christian idea because it's based upon the Bible.Joseph Hinman (Metacrock)https://www.blogger.com/profile/06957529748541493998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363362.post-18352956565958411552011-02-07T02:39:52.019-08:002011-02-07T02:39:52.019-08:00Good thoughts!
If I might add something, I think ...Good thoughts!<br /><br />If I might add something, I think Carrier's comment that this universe is exactly what we would predict on atheism is absurd. On atheism, one might easily predict a beginningless universe, just as many prominent atheists did until the Big Bang was confirmed - and even after that point many held onto that notion because of the theological implications a beginning hadLesliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05454747871999481708noreply@blogger.com