The Will Of God

brunians at brunians.org · 08 Dec 2008, 12:30 · from 2008-December.txt.gz

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From: brunians at brunians.org (brunians at brunians.org)
Date: Mon, 8 Dec 2008 07:30:36 -0500 (EST)
Subject: (urth) The Will Of God
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Well, that's how I look at the World, and how I think it is arranged.

You are free to come up with ideas that suit you better.



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> Brunians wrote:
>> >>>>/ I solve that problem by assuming that all possible timelines
>> exist.
>> /
>> >>>/ Separate God in each, or One for all and all under One?
>> /
>> >>/ The latter, of course.
>> /
>> >/ Is the tree of alternatives fully populated?
>> /
>> I am not sure that I understand you.
>>
> It seems a bit contradictory to the concept of "the will of God" that
> God would allow timelines in which every possible thing happens. It
> would follow from what you said before that every possible thing is the
> will of God.
>
> Have you read Niven's "All the Myriad Ways"? It takes the multiple
> worlds concept to just such a depressing moral conclusion. People who
> are contemplating murder, rape, or suicide ask themselves -- "Why not?
> It's going to happen somewhere."
>
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