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Old 07-05-2007, 04:59 AM   #114 (permalink)
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yea, i guess it didn't seem like there was much left to say.

as far as evidence against God, several versions of Christianity have some form of "predestination," and it's close enough to determinism to suggest that determinism and Christianity aren't mutually exclusive.
the deal is, however, that most Christians who don't accept determinism would have an out by talking about a "soul." souls aren't material, hence they are not subject to causal laws. of course, there doesn't seem to be any way for the immaterial to interact with the material, and any such doing would seem to necessarily contradict any of the conservation laws, but if you already believe God is magic, then a little more magic in the form of such interaction is no biggie.
of course, then you have that whole God-being-omniscient-doesn't-allow-for-real-choice problem, but that's where faith comes in.
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