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Politics : Actual left/right wing discussion
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To: Brumar89 who wrote (2795)10/15/2006 7:01:53 AM
From: Lane3  Read Replies (1) of 10087
 
I don't really see any really valid reasons. I think that simple-minded stories are too credulously accepted as explanations. All for the purpose of rejecting any possibility that a God that can affect the world might exist. The reason so many people feel intellectually threatened by such a possibility is puzzling.

I have been watching this discussion with some interest because of the contrast in styles. On one side we have Euterpe, who is intrigued by a possibility and looking for evidence to support or counter it. On the other side we have Brumar, who has started with a certainty and is determined to brush off any challenges to it. That interests me for many reasons one of which being the recent "blasphemy" discussion. SI really is quite the petri dish. <g>

Euterpe: And while you may call it far-fetched, I am sorry, but those theories are no more farfetched than that God just "made it so".

Brumar: The just-so stories that purport to offer naturalistic explanations of things like music are certainly no better than "God made it so". They're essentially a similar type of claim - only with no God involvement.

A moment of potential consensus you chose to ignore. The fact is that it could have happened either way so far as we know. If "God made it so," we will probably never know. If it happened naturally, we may eventually learn the answer if we keep looking. But right now it could have happened either way. Euterpe recognizes that. It's not at all clear to me why you won't. Since this discussion has been about looking for "whys," that's also an interesting "why."
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