Watching asteroids: a close one is coming (Introduction)

by dhw, Saturday, April 15, 2017, 12:43 (2780 days ago) @ David Turell

DAVID’s comment: From the theistic point of view, God created the universe and it appears that asteroids were a necessary result. He also gave us the brains to solve the problem for our home planet.

dhw: Please explain why you think this particular asteroid is necessary, and please tell us if you think your God is manipulating this particular asteroid or it is simply doing its own thing.

DAVID: What a weird response. Asteroids appear to be a natural part of the development of our solar system and probably exist in all solar systems. It was presented to show a specific aspect of the dangers in the universe we have to live with. It is certainly doing its own thing.

What a coincidence! I thought your own response was the weird one! I really don’t think we need to be reminded about the dangers of the universe we live in, which range from asteroids careering round the universe – uncontrolled by your God, which leaves wide open the question of how much control he really has over the environment – to fatal diseases borne by divinely programmed or guided bacteria. Your God has apparently created all these and is now watching to see if we can solve the problems (but we mustn’t ask why because our answer might “humanize” him).