| Howard Brazee 2006-04-17, 6:55 pm |
| On 17 Apr 2006 06:39:20 -0700, "Alistair"
<alistair@ld50macca.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>You can not observe gravity or air but you can experiment and observe
>the results. What experiments can you do with god and creation? As PD
>pointed out elsewhere, if a truely omniscient and omnipresent god
>existed then it would be impossible for humans to predict the effect of
>their activities.
Not necessarily. This is an assumption based upon the fact that we
don't see God doing stuff. The God described in the Old Testament
wasn't like that at all, and there is no reason at all to assume that
this is a characteristic that is necessary in a deity.
>We might as well do nothing about global warming and
>just wait for GWBush's friend to drop the air temperature by 5 degrees.
The hard part about global warming is that the hope that we can Do
Something is probably misguided. Following the Kyoto accords won't
even counter the pollution China creates - and global warming is more
about farms, buildings, roads, and re-routing water (irrigation) than
it is by CO2. Much more. It may also be more about over-fishing,
although the jury is out on that. But we don't have any solutions
we are willing to protest for these causes.
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