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From: Ernest Major <{$to$}@meden.demon.co.uk>
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Subject: Omphalic Paradox: (was Hello T.O.)
Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2003 21:25:53 +0000 (UTC)
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In article <qja2uv40d899aedd7tnalqohckrgpulg7h@4ax.com>, Matt
Silberstein <matts.2nopam@ix.netcom.nospamcom> writes
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>I thought this was what you meant, but I could not believe it.
>You actually believe in a God who deceives people. That is what
>you have said. God makes things look like they have a past, a
>history. They look like they had gone through events that had not
>taken place. So, for instance, God could have created the world
>Last Thursday and just made it look old. How could you tell if
>you have a God willing to deceive people like that?
>
Although omphalism is a sterile hypothesis it is not in general
disprovable, which contributes to its appeal to certain bibliolators.
However, apart from the problem that the hypothesis doesn't save the
inerrancy of whole of Genesis, never mind the remainder of the bible,
and the problem with the theological implications, it seems to me that
there is a paradox inherent in biblical omphalism. As I understand the
logic, the argument is that the world would be imperfect if created
without the appearance of history; however if the bible, interpreted by
the proponents of biblical omphalism, contradicts and mars that
appearance, making the creation imperfect.
--
alias Ernest Major
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