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The Religion Debate

David Dyer-Bennet dd-b at dd-b.net
Sat Nov 30 11:16:43 PST 2002

Steven Brust <skzb at dreamcafe.com> writes:

> 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?

It proves the existence of something other than the material world,
probably; and if so that's a major change, and very interesting. 
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