God is a coward

[jack]

Sorry, not really. (Well, not necessarily. Uh, I mean, I didn't have any reason to say that, other than as a humorous example of a controversial subject. Argue amongst yourselves if you so wish, but don't blame me. Just look at this bracket, it's amazing how many words saying nothing takes up :))

Where is everyone? My "inbox" has been nearly unclogged of lj updates recently -- have you all become productive or something? Have you all moved to chiark or myspace?

ETA: OK, that seemed to work :)

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[bugshaw.livejournal.com]

cartesiandaemon is a coward.
∴ cartesiandaemon is God?

I ought to go and be productive...

MU

[simont]

If you define a coward as somebody who is unwilling to accept personal risk even when it's sensible to do so in big-picture terms (either for the general good or for their own longer-term good), and you define God as somebody who is incapable of being placed at personal risk at all, then one might very easily argue that the statement is actually meaningless...

[mhw.livejournal.com]

Can anything omnipotent validly experience fear, and therefore cowardice?

[passage.livejournal.com]

Chesterton claimed, in the context of the cross, that Christianity was the only religion which added courage to the virtue of the creator.

(I'm not going to tell you whether I agree with him or not, because when it comes to Chesterton I quote him purely because he is so incredibly interesting, rather than because I've actually reached an opinion on what he says).