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To: Diamond; Alamo-Girl; MEGoody
the proposition that the universe needs a Creator but the Creator does not makes perfect sense, because God is not a thing. God is a Being.

Yes. Compare, on the other hand, Aristotle, for whom a thing is nothing without it being that thing. To ask for the origin of that thing is superfluous. Why? The thing is--exists--of its own accord and, as such, exists necessarily and is eternal. The character of this thing has the properties of divinity.

Alamo-Girl has given very readable and informative reply illustrating this necessity with regard to a geometry (not existence). But the reasoning is similar.

286 posted on 06/29/2007 10:41:10 AM PDT by cornelis
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To: cornelis
Thank you for your encouragements - and thank you especially for all your wonderful insights!
356 posted on 06/29/2007 9:12:29 PM PDT by Alamo-Girl
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