[Buddha-l] Fighting creationism

[Richard Hayes]

On Tuesday 03 April 2007 22:31, Bob Zeuschner wrote:

> > Then one is left at least with a possible conclusion that the three (1.
> > the world was created; 2. the world is eternal; 3. the world is and will
> > remain the result of an infinite regress, which in some sense is a
> > subset of the second option here) can neither be proved nor disproved.
>
> If I may interject a remark, I don't see how the first choice is
> rational at all.
> As I understand it, the Christian creationist claim is:
> an incomprehensible being,
> using incomprehensible powers,
> for incomprehensible reasons,
> created the universe.
>
> It seems perfectly reasonable to me to consider this a completely
> unsatisfactory explanation, because it explains nothing.

I don't know, Bob. It sort of explains how some Christians reason that Bush is 
a good president.

-- 
Richard Hayes
Department of Philosophy
University of New Mexico