"David G. Nagel" <nagel@core.com> wrote in message
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> Frank Reichenbacher wrote:
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> >>"Zachriel" <angel@zachriel.com> wrote in message
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> >>>"Frank Reichenbacher" <frank@bio-con.com> wrote in message
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> >  > Sagan is obviously making a rhetorical argument *against* the common
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> >>>conceptions of a Great Designer in regards to biological evolution.
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> >>>>Frank
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> >>Sagan was falling into: "why did god not make everything perfect"
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> >>he forget about tools used by a designer.  a ladder used to build a
> >>roof on a house does not become part of the house, it put away or
> >>discarded.
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> > Are you saying God is little more than a carpenter? Why would God be
limited
> > to any particular set of tools? Is He all powerful or not?
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> What's wrong with being a carpenter?


What part of, "Are you saying God is little more than a carpenter?"
indicates that I think there is something wrong with being a carpenter?

Frank



 His Son was one.
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> Dave Nagel
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> >>using biological entities to prepare an atmosphere, and discard later
> >>is not uncommon to terraformer theorists, thw quote does however
> >>demostrate design, if other factors based on his personal opinions did
> >>not get into the way..
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> > So you don't really believe in the omnipotence of the Supreme Being?
Does
> > that make him just a Better Than Average Being?
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> > Frank
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> >>It is like being an agonostic: a just-in-case atheist
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