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I think this is just Carl Sagan's definition of what he (as an atheist) thinks an Almighty Deity _should_ be able to do. I mean, being able to write an arbitra
by philipswood 5y ago
I think this is just Carl Sagan's definition of what he (as an atheist) thinks an Almighty Deity _should_ be able to do.
I mean, being able to write an arbitrary message in a logical constant like Pi sounds harder than just merely creating the physical universe, no?
Also, your dismay of the idea sounds like a kind of Platonism: "Obviously" the logical rational reality of mathematics just is, right?
- pacman128 5y agoIt's definitely a type of Platonism. The question isn't how hard it is, but if it's possible at all.
- philipswood 5y agoThat probably sort of his point, I guess: a genuine God should be able to do the impossible and this is an interesting kind of impossible.