Derrick Leasure's
Causality Dilemma
Fox
From: "Weathermen Music"
To: <editor@positiveatheism.org>
Subject: Letter:_Pseudo-philosophical_question
Date: Friday, August 25, 2000 11:09 AM
This is in response to Derrick Leasure's causality dilemma. He stated that the universe could not have come into existence without some sort of "cause", in this case, "God." This statement separate God from his universe, when the term universe itself implies "everything." No matter where God was "hiding", it would be included under the human understanding of the word "universe." So where was God before the universe was created? He/She had to dwell somewhere.
The better supposition in this case would be to assume that God is the universe and that the subgalaxies and concentric universes are just the quanta that God is made up of. So claiming that the universe must have a seperate causal beginning, but that God is uncaused is in direct contradiction of itself. I hope you appreciate my point.
- fox -
PS - Keep up the good work. You give atheists a good name.
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