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26598, RE: Maybe its just over my head, but Posted by thoughtremedy, Wed Jan-26-05 07:18 AM
>that doesn't make any sense. > >"Human beings are finite beings, meaning, our physical >bodies will eventually die. Also, as finite beings, we are >incapable of the infinite, yet we can be certain the >infinite exists by observing a melting a piece of wax. We >can grasp the concept of the infinite, but we are incapable >of it's excecution. If you feel otherwise, please state how >as human beings, we can excecute the infinite. Descartes >concludes that God is a supreme being capable of the >infinite" > >How can he jump from the conclusion that because we cannot >"execute the infinite", that there is something that can? >That isn't logic.
There is no jump. We cannot execute the infinite, yet it clearly does exist, therefore, there is a force that can execute the infinite. Is that not logical?
Peace.
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