Re: [asa] Predestination, free-will, and 10+ dimensions

Hugh has a penchant for extra-dimensional theological arguments, a la Flatland. They can have some limited use as popular illustrations but if one yields to temptation
& tries to make them into rigorous proofs it can become, as Don says, ludicrous.

Shalom
George
http://home.neo.rr.com/scitheologyglm

----- Original Message -----
From: <d.nield@auckland.ac.nz>
To: "James Patterson" <james000777@bellsouth.net>
Cc: <asa@calvin.edu>
Sent: Saturday, October 18, 2008 3:31 PM
Subject: Re: [asa] Predestination, free-will, and 10+ dimensions

> Hi James:
> I have read the book. As an applied mathematician with a physical
> background I find ludicrous this sort of extreme concordism with modern
> science.
> Don
>
>> Hugh Ross, founder of Reasons to Believe, wrote a book titled "Beyond
>> <http://www.amazon.com/Beyond-Cosmos-Recent-Discoveries-Astrophysics/dp/1576
>> 831124/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1224344477&sr=8-1> the
>> Cosmos".
>> In this book in chapter 13 he addresses predestination vs free-will in the
>> context of 10+ dimensions, especially 2 to 3 time dimensions. This book
>> was
>> a real eye-opener for me, and I wanted to know if anyone here has read it
>> and/or had any thoughts about it.
>>
>>
>>
>> James Patterson, Shreveport
>>
>>
>
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