Christian and other apologists and casuists keep telling us that infinity is a nonsense concept that is not in reality.
Of course they do this in the context of trying to cobble together coherent apologetics and sophistry for their gods.
As is usually the case with apologetics... ironically and risibly... the very apologists who keep harping on how infinity is nonsense in order to "prove" their gods... turn around and start brandishing infinity when it comes to denying indeterminism in order to keep their gods in the game
The concept of indeterminism threatens the coherence of any god concepts.... "god does not play dice".
So what to do?
Deny randomness and indeterminism.
Unfortunately REALITY shows their denials of randomness and indeterminism are as delusional as their affirmations for their gods.
So what to do?
Cajole and coerce reality into submission.
So now they start brandishing infinity to argue that infinite tosses of a coin will converge onto a deterministic coin toss.
Or that an infinite amount of knowledge about the all but infinite state of the universe would allow "one" to determine everything.
Who is this "one"? Humans? Deep Thought Computer? Slartibartfast? Q? The Borg Queen?
Of course not.... despite the dissimulations and pretenses that they are not talking about their god.... they know the truth... and all is right for the night and they can sleep tight with the satisfaction that they beat reality into submission to their infinitely powerful and infinitely prescient and infinitely amazing gods.
Of course they do this in the context of trying to cobble together coherent apologetics and sophistry for their gods.
As is usually the case with apologetics... ironically and risibly... the very apologists who keep harping on how infinity is nonsense in order to "prove" their gods... turn around and start brandishing infinity when it comes to denying indeterminism in order to keep their gods in the game
The concept of indeterminism threatens the coherence of any god concepts.... "god does not play dice".
So what to do?
Deny randomness and indeterminism.
Unfortunately REALITY shows their denials of randomness and indeterminism are as delusional as their affirmations for their gods.
So what to do?
Cajole and coerce reality into submission.
So now they start brandishing infinity to argue that infinite tosses of a coin will converge onto a deterministic coin toss.
Or that an infinite amount of knowledge about the all but infinite state of the universe would allow "one" to determine everything.
Who is this "one"? Humans? Deep Thought Computer? Slartibartfast? Q? The Borg Queen?
Of course not.... despite the dissimulations and pretenses that they are not talking about their god.... they know the truth... and all is right for the night and they can sleep tight with the satisfaction that they beat reality into submission to their infinitely powerful and infinitely prescient and infinitely amazing gods.
via International Skeptics Forum https://ift.tt/Yc7Fhlq
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