Re: How can there be anything?

Calvin wrote:

On Jan 20, 7:21 pm, Uncle Al <Uncle...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Calvin wrote:

We know that something is.

Ever see a court in session? A legislature? Tax codes? A priest
eructating? A looney bin (inmates and doctors both)?

Even if it is other that what it
appears to be, it still is.

Last night I saw upon the stair
A little man who was not there.
He isn't there again today.
I wish that man would go away.

But how can anything be? Wouldn't
it be more natural for there to be nothing?

Fine.

{snip crap]

Whether God is, or God is
not, is irrelevant. In either case, something is, and how can
that be?

Hindus have 30 crores of gods - 300 million deities. Christians,
Jews, and Muslims believe in no gods but one, atheists believe in no
gods at all. Christians, Jews, Muslims, and atheists are therefore
indistinguishable to eight decimal places.

Idiot.

Being called an idiot doesn't bother me. I've been called a
lot worse many times on usenet. But I'm curious how your
responses to my words progressed to your final word. It
seems to have just come out of the blue.

That is why you are an idiot - an ignorant man who cannot be educated.

(physical reality) - (empirical reality) = faith

Faith is destroyed if it works. If you have faith you can only be
denied. Test of faith!

--
Uncle Al
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