At 1:36 AM -0800 11/30/02, Steven Brust wrote: >At 08:22 PM 11/29/2002 -0800, definitely what wrote: >>Steven Brust writes: >> Remember, I'm not denying the existence of god; I'm denying that >> there is a god outside of the realm of ideas. >> >>I believe that if there does exist a god outside the realm of ideas, >>he is beyond our ability to perceive him, and thus out of play. > >Hmmm. Okay, Gedanken experiment: If there is an objectively >existing god who cannot be perceived, and has no effect on the >material world, how does this differ from there being no god? A distinction without a difference. -- Lydy Nickerson lydy at demesne.com lydy at lydy.com Dulciculi Aliquorum