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Originally Posted by asaris
No, I'm pointing out that the term is equivocal. "Divine Simplicity" means "identical with his properties." Not "easy to understand".
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I figured this would all eventually boil down to semantics. 'Simple' means easy to understand and/or not complex. Maybe you learned from a different dictionary.
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Originally Posted by asaris
I'd argue that, given the description of Shiva in (what book would it be? I don't know much about Hinduism), Shiva's not perfect. For one thing, Shiva lacks omnipotence, and since it's better to have power than not to have power, that must mean Shiva's not perfect.
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Shiva is said to be omnipotent, omnipresent, and all knowing. Sounds a lot like god. Also, how is omnipotence perfect? I see that as a massive flaw because, in theory, someone who is omnipotent cannot be checked and balanced.
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Originally Posted by asaris
I don't follow. Note that it's possible that the laws of nature are different from what they are. That is, there is some possible world in which there are different laws of nature. I'm not familiar with all the theories, but the 'fact' that time stream has no proof isn't going to be sufficient -- if it's possible, then killing your grandfather is possible.
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If that's possible, then you're applying what I whimsically call the 'every thing's possible' doctrine. That means that anything and everything is possible. If that's the case we may need to call this game on rain, because we're not on the same page at all. In my opinion, not everything is possible, and I base my understanding of the universe on that. I can keep an open mind, but if my daughter has chocolate on her face and the cookies are gone, I won't blame Saddam Hussein. Not everything is possible.