Re: Mind's Eye Re: I , an atheist

What you wrote, RP, was ridiculous. It you I found to be funny.

I don't see why God's choices have to be of a kind and scale that
preoccupies you.

You would be hard put at defining, or drawing up a portrait of, the
God you speak of with such aplomb ! And then you presume to know of
his choices !! Or, worse, his choicelessness !!!

On Jan 21, 1:04 am, RP Singh <123...@gmail.com> wrote:
> A man jumps from a plane without a parachute and when he reaches a
> great velocity God exercises His choice and drastically slows his
> fall. Funny Vam , isn't it ? Again God exercises His choice and
> cancels all His laws and there is mayhem ! Or better still , at times
> there are laws and at times  there are none. God keeps on exercising
> His choice and man keeps on playing the fool , he doesn't get wet in
> the pool and doesn't get burned in the fire. Imagine a world without
> God's laws , a world in which He keeps on exercising His choice.
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> On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 2:49 AM, Vam <atewari2...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > A choiceless God is shite...
> > So there goes all such pontification !
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> > #DeepakMRanade's article "Uncovering Relative Truths"
> > in @timesofindia neatly summarises the approach to Advaita,
> > its conceptual layout. You are invited to discover the answers.
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> >http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Default/Scripting/ArticleWin.asp?From=...
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> > On Jan 19, 10:21 pm, archytas <nwte...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> Interesting RP.  I'm atheist only in that I reject stories that are
> >> full of holes, talking snakes and such.  The Gnostics have it that
> >> creation was a mistake - though I have no means to determine any truth
> >> in this I am struck most argument can be undercut like this.  I often
> >> wonder what might explain why we don't just know what life is about
> >> and how this might be explained.
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> >> On Jan 19, 10:59 am, RP Singh <123...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> >> > I as a human have the choice , even if it is apparent and not real ,
> >> > to do this or do that , that is, there is an element of uncertainty in
> >> > my actions , but God has a steadfastness of purpose. God's will is
> >> > sure and certain , the whole space-time continuum emanates from Him
> >> > without any active choice on His part which raises the question of
> >> > responsibility. God cannot be held responsible for any event as it
> >> > happens without any wavering on His part , He has no choice and hence
> >> > cannot be held responsible. This brings us to the question of
> >> > worship , why worship a Being who has a fixed purpose ? In that case ,
> >> > even though believing in a supreme Being and determinism , I can be
> >> > called an atheist.