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Old 09-17-2013, 01:38 PM
 
Location: Parts Unknown, Northern California
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Seriously? I have to explain which is which?
Yeah, no more cop outs and evasions. Explain.

And quit hitting yourself in the head, that could cause damage if it already hasn't.
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Old 09-17-2013, 01:40 PM
 
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If the creator exists on a higher plane, why is that illogical?
Because then the universe can exist on the same higher plane, and we are back to square one. If you then say the universe cannot exist on that higher plane, the question is why not? You have no reason to believe such a plane exists, much less that the universe isn't or cannot be part of it.

You have a logical conundrum, and your only way out of it is to make stuff up.

That is the problem, planes or not...


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Old 09-17-2013, 01:49 PM
 
Location: Free State of Texas
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One was planned; one was an accident.
Creation was planned. Without a creator, our existence is a "cosmic accident".
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Old 09-17-2013, 01:51 PM
 
Location: Free State of Texas
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Because then the universe can exist on the same higher plane, and we are back to square one. If you then say the universe cannot exist on that higher plane, the question is why not? You have no reason to believe such a plane exists, much less that the universe isn't or cannot be part of it.

You have a logical conundrum, and your only way out of it is to make stuff up.

That is the problem, planes or not...


-NoCapo
How can that be, if the creator is greater than the creation?
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Old 09-17-2013, 01:53 PM
 
Location: NJ
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How can that be, if the creator is greater than the creation?
You have not proven that to be true. And even if true, why can't they exist on the same plane?

Curious if you feel this way about humans that create other humans.
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Old 09-17-2013, 01:59 PM
 
Location: Free State of Texas
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You have not proven that to be true. And even if true, why can't they exist on the same plane?

Curious if you feel this way about humans that create other humans.
I don't need to prove it true, just logical.
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Old 09-17-2013, 02:03 PM
 
Location: Parts Unknown, Northern California
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Creation was planned. Without a creator, our existence is a "cosmic accident".
Okay, that brings us back to the original question which you have not answered. Who planned the creator? How did the creator come into being?

And, once more, still hoping for a response which makes a minimum of sense, if you insist that the creator has always existed, why is that any more likely or logical than arguing that the material which forms the universe has always existed?

We have physical evidence that the material exists, we have the universe. We have no such evidence for a creator. So postulating that one or the other has always existed, with material we are starting with some evidence while with a creator we are doing so in a vacuum.

Okay...how about...finally...an answer to that.
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Old 09-17-2013, 02:10 PM
 
Location: Free State of Texas
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Okay, that brings us back to the original question which you have not answered. Who planned the creator? How did the creator come into being?

And, once more, still hoping for a response which makes a minimum of sense, if you insist that the creator has always existed, why is that any more likely or logical than arguing that the material which forms the universe has always existed?

We have physical evidence that the material exists, we have the universe. We have no such evidence for a creator. So postulating that one or the other has always existed, with material we are starting with some evidence while with a creator we are doing so in a vacuum.

Okay...how about...finally...an answer to that.
I've already answered those questions. No need to rehash.

As far as evidence for a creator, I don't need to show any. Rather, my point is to show that a creator is logical, wheras a cosmic accident is not.
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Old 09-17-2013, 02:37 PM
 
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I've already answered those questions. No need to rehash.

As far as evidence for a creator, I don't need to show any. Rather, my point is to show that a creator is logical, wheras a cosmic accident is not.
No you have not. You have not answered the question, you have not even tried to answer the question, only avoided it. Nor have you explained the supposed logic behind the second assertion above, only stated that it was logical. Do you not understand that something more than mere assertion is required here? It does not seem that you do.

I'm through wasting time with you, you declare, assert and evade, and nothing else.
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Old 09-17-2013, 02:39 PM
 
Location: Ontario, Canada
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No you have not. You have not answered the question, you have not even tried to answer the question, only avoided it. Nor have you explained the supposed logic behind the second assertion above, only stated that it was logical. Do you not understand that something more than mere assertion is required here? It does not seem that you do.

I'm through wasting time with you, you declare, assert and evade, and nothing else.
I haven't seen a fundamentalist do anything else but.
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