Recent content by arete

Personally, if God is not all-knowing, all-powerful, all-loving, etc. (depending on how each of those conepts is defined) then that god is not sufficient to answer the kind of questions I have about the nature of the universe we live in. Or as you put it, I want the 'reality we live in (to) make...

Thanks, Brian. I always prefer to avoid flames myself. (It's a Christian thing, I'm sure ;-). I figure anyone who is even remotely interested in these issues deserves respect. I may disagree with someone, but as far as it is possible, I will always respect their right to a different opinion...

Well, you are certainly covering a lot of ground here. Rather than giving me a headache, your free will, time, matter, change continuum seems about right to me. I suppose God could hae created a universe without free will and with time and change, but somehow the confluence of those things...

As a fellow newbie(this is my first post) I may not have the technical stuff down yet, so bear with me. Anyway, I think you are absolutely right to reject the idea that God didn't get it right the first time. That would make no sense to me either and I really don't believe that is the...