Re: Defense of Theism pt 1

>If we are going to attempt to show the God of the Bible, we
>must limit ourselves to a Universe that was created in the beginning. I
am not saying that you cannot make a theistic argument with an eternal
>Universe, but I am saying you cannot make a Christian one. Glenn stated
he
>wanted something that was subject to be disproven. I've noted one of
those
>things. By not taking a stand on the eternality of the Universe were
back to
>the heads-I-win-tails-you-lose that Glenn rightly is offended by.

However, the Bible does not assert that the universe has a beginning
that is scientifically detectable. E.g., I don't know any particular
reason why God could not have created a steady state universe.

I agree that testable premises are desirable, but I'm not sure that
this one ultimately is testable.

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Received on Tue Jul 5 16:02:27 2005