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To: Soliton; Alamo-Girl; hosepipe; unspun
I would have more respect for god if he followed his own rules.

I gather Soliton you are referring to miracles, which apparently violate the physical laws.

Why do you think God ought to follow His own rules? His rules, the natural laws -- which He created and willed into effect in the beginning -- pertain to the physical world. But God is not of this world; He utterly transcends it. The physical laws have no application to Him.

12 posted on 04/16/2008 6:42:06 AM PDT by betty boop (This country was founded on religious principles. Without God, there is no America. -- Ben Stein)
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To: betty boop
I gather Soliton you are referring to miracles, which apparently violate the physical laws.

How about thou shalt not kill and though shall not commit adultery, or thou shalt not covet thy neighbors wife?

13 posted on 04/16/2008 6:55:30 AM PDT by Soliton (McCain couldn't even win a McCain look-alike contest)
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To: betty boop; Soliton
I gather Soliton you are referring to miracles, which apparently violate the physical laws.

I didn't get that. The statement might have meant that, but it is not definitely stated.

I would amend your answer to clarify that what we call physical laws are actually models that codify what we see happening around us. Different sized ball bearings drop to the ground with the same acceleration, every time we try it. So we predict that the next time we try it, the same thing will happen. The law doesn't make it happen, though.

The reference might have been to moral laws, which you probably thought unlikely. After all, in these days people profess to believe that morality is purely personal preference, which is not binding upon others. De gustibus, and all that. But solition's statement contains an implied moral judgment upon God for inconsistency, which suggests that soliton believes in a transcendent moral order binding upon everyone (including God). In which case, your comment may have been addressed to the wrong point.

14 posted on 04/16/2008 7:11:27 AM PDT by thulldud (Insanity: Electing John McCain again and expecting a different result.)
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