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. -- David Dyer-Bennet, dd-b at dd-b.net / http://www.dd-b.net/dd-b/ John Dyer-Bennet 1915-2002 Memorial Site http://john.dyer-bennet.net Dragaera mailing lists, see http://dragaera.info