Subject: Re: Music, religion, etc.
erespess@nji.com
Date: Mon Jan 10 2000 - 22:51:22 EST
>If you're going to talk about "complexity," in terms of Occam's Razor, I
>still don't think you're using it right. If we want nothing more than to
>account for the existence of the universe, nothing is simpler than God put it
>there (especially against the background of quantum physics, etc.). This
>tells us nothing about the nature of this God, what that means for us
>personally, etc., but it is a simple solution to account for the existence of
>the universe.
"God put it there" is only simple to you, Jim, because you were
raised to believe in God and live in a culture that supports that
belief. Robbie (I think) made a good point in saying that believing
in an all-supreme being that existed before existence and created
something out of nothing is not a simple solution at all unless it is
already part of your world view. I believe that there is an
Unknowable Essence which some people refer to as God, but I agree
with Robbie on this point.
>But I don't think belief in a God should be seen as "necessary" for any
>reason until your personal experience requires you to believe.
That is why I believe. I believe what I have experienced. So does
Robbie. So does Jim. So does Lucy-Ruth (hi Lucy-Ruth). At least we
all agree on that much. No one is telling anyone else what they have
experienced. Let's try to keep that up, okay? I like this
discussion. Hey JD, if you're reading, what do you believe?
Elizabeth
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