Watching asteroids; possible damage (Introduction)

by David Turell , Friday, March 03, 2017, 15:29 (2610 days ago) @ dhw

DAVID (on Friday 3 March): Your supposed limitations again. We don't know if He has any limits at all. He could be all-powerful per the Bible. (dhw’s bold)

dhw: They are not MY supposed limitations! Your God’s limited powers were YOUR explanation for why he couldn’t dabble humans earlier and had to design everything else in order to keep life going!

What I have clearly said is God has chosen to use evolutionary methods for the universe, for the Earth and for life. That does not indicate He has any limits. Where I have definitely suggested limits are the asteroids as they may be necessary

dhw: So one moment you suggest that his powers may be limited, and the next moment you suggest that his powers may not be limited, which does away with your attempt to explain the otherwise to you non-sensical anthropocentric hypothesis! My own alternative proposal outlined above does not impose any limitations whatsoever.

I'm sorry I've confused you. My stance is expressed clearly above. Your no limitation approach might never arrived at humans.

Your objection to this reverts to:

DAVID: And you are humanizing Him again. I don't know He needed an entertaining show.

dhw: I did not say that he needed it but that he wanted it, just as you say he wanted to create humans. It is impossible to discuss your God’s intentions without humanizing him, as you have discovered in your own attempts to explain why he wanted to produce humans. But of course we don’t “know”. We are simply trying to find an explanation that fits the history of life, and your own makes no sense to you unless you impose limitations on your God’s powers.

There is a giant difference. We don't know why He wanted humans. That seems to be His purpose and as a person like no other person it does not make Him human. Wanting entertainment is human. And finally I have no idea whether He is limited. I make perfect sense to me, point after point.