In an effort to centralise my various postings on Yahoo groups, Facebook, 'thestevenichols' channel youtube and thestevenichols twitter and so on, here is yet another platform for musings on all and every topic.
The Metaphysical Engineers Report (not to be taken too seriously, stv)
Our modelling is designed to answer two questions about the conception of God
which you offered.
(1) Is the conception of God consistent with itself?
(2) Is the conception of God consistent with the universe that we live in?
The first question asks whether the conception makes sense. For example, a
triangle with four sides is a conception which is not consistent with itself,
since a triangle has three sides. A triangle with four sides is, in fact, a
four-sided three-sided object, which is simply a contradiction in terms. In this
sense, the conception is not consistent with itself.
If a conception is consistent with itself, this does not necessarily mean that
it refers to something which actually exists. For example, the idea of a six
hundred foot monster that lives in liquid steel is not inconsistent. But such a
creature does not exist in our world. The second question therefore asks whether
your conception of God is consistent with the universe as we understand it.
http://www.philosophersnet.com/games/whatisgod2.php
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