[Fwd: God vs gods question]

George Andrews (andrewsg@letu.edu)
Thu, 22 Jan 1998 14:21:23 -0600

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-- George Andrews Jr.Assistant Professor of PhysicsLeTourneau Universityandrewsg@letu.edu
 --------------CFD3B344AFE7323159E3AE5CContent-Type: message/rfc822Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bitContent-Disposition: inlineMessage-ID: <34C7A9F6.988D255@letu.edu>Date: Thu, 22 Jan 1998 14:20:06 -0600From: George Andrews Organization: LeTourneau UniversityX-Mailer: Mozilla 4.04 [en] (X11; I; IRIX 6.2 IP22)MIME-Version: 1.0To: Moorad Alexanian Subject: Re: God vs gods questionReferences: <2.2.16.19980120140458.08b73eb4@pop2.uncwil.edu>Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-asciiContent-Transfer-Encoding: 7bitMoorad Alexanian wrote: Dear Christopher,

I believe that the logic of the human mind would lead to a unique supreme
being. Witness the attempts of physicists to seek a unifying theorymaking
all forces manifestations of a unique one. The latter is consistentwith the
notion of a unique, supreme being. Note that Moslems and Jews cannot
understand the Trinity we Christian believe for that very same reason.

Take care,

Moorad

This was Aquinas's contention in that he reserved faith only for thosewho could not follow the arguments for God's existence. Such an assumptionplaced upon human finite logic is fundamentally flawed from two pointsof view: philosophically,  Godel has shown logic to be unworthy ofsuch a quest  in that antinomy lurks throughout its foundations; theologically,  reason thereby obviates the need for faith which isvery problematic biblically since "without faith it is impossible to pleaseGod" and "by faith do we understand that God created the world". If yourassertion is true, then faith is superfluous.

George A.
 

-- George Andrews Jr.Assistant Professor of PhysicsLeTourneau Universityandrewsg@letu.edu
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