Re: proof of monotheism without a flaw

From: Bellview Hospital (afropop_at_binkysnoty.com)
Date: 07/08/04 

Date: Wed, 7 Jul 2004 20:45:14 -0500

You are using man made logic, not God's logic. He could have created
himself in another space or universe in different form, like Microsoft did
going from Win 95 to Win 98.
You also assume that he cannot upgrade himself, why not? In human terms,
please.

"Craig Feinstein" <cafeinst@msn.com> wrote in message
news:b671fc3e.0407071639.5fcbbb0c@posting.google.com...
> Someone gave a flawed proof of monotheism before. Here's the real
> thing:
>
> We will not prove that God exists (that is in other threads scattered
> about the internet), but we will prove that assuming that He does
> exist and that He created everything except for Himself (which is
> generally an accepted assumption about what God is), then He must be
> One, i.e., cannot have any parts:
>
> Let us suppose for the sake of contradiction that he is composed of
> many parts (at least two). Then since God created everything except
> for Himself and these parts are not God, he must have created these
> parts. But since these parts by our supposition are necessary for him
> to exist (since he is composed of them), he could not have created
> them, which is a contradiction.
>
> Therefore, God is One and cannot be composed of many parts.
>
> Craig

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