A funny God paradox!

At 6/6/2011 3:37:05 PM, Greyparrot wrote:
Many people say God has a sense of humor.

consider this:

Every individual varies in their neurological pathways through their "boxes" in their brain to reach the output of laughter from a number of different inputs. Laughter is caused by certain visual or audio stimuli, often by perception of the unexpected or the incongruous.

Now...if God is omniscient, then there is no way for him to have a sense of humor... so how do you explain all the ridiculous things in nature??

At 6/6/2011 3:40:57 PM, J.Kenyon wrote:

At 6/6/2011 3:37:05 PM, Greyparrot wrote:
Many people say God has a sense of humor.

consider this:

Every individual varies in their neurological pathways through their "boxes" in their brain to reach the output of laughter from a number of different inputs. Laughter is caused by certain visual or audio stimuli, often by perception of the unexpected or the incongruous.

Now...if God is omniscient, then there is no way for him to have a sense of humor... so how do you explain all the ridiculous things in nature??

You need to get this argument published.

At 6/6/2011 3:42:05 PM, Greyparrot wrote:
Uggh.. what did I mess up on?

At 6/6/2011 3:42:05 PM, Greyparrot wrote:

At 6/6/2011 3:40:57 PM, J.Kenyon wrote:

At 6/6/2011 3:37:05 PM, Greyparrot wrote:
Many people say God has a sense of humor.

consider this:

Every individual varies in their neurological pathways through their "boxes" in their brain to reach the output of laughter from a number of different inputs. Laughter is caused by certain visual or audio stimuli, often by perception of the unexpected or the incongruous.

Now...if God is omniscient, then there is no way for him to have a sense of humor... so how do you explain all the ridiculous things in nature??

You need to get this argument published.

Uggh.. what did I mess up on?

At 6/6/2011 3:56:34 PM, Kinesis wrote:
Finally, we've got the silver bullet to put down theism for good; and to think, here I was believing it would require some actual thought to work out whether God exists or not.

At 6/6/2011 3:37:05 PM, Greyparrot wrote:
Many people say God has a sense of humor.

consider this:

Every individual varies in their neurological pathways through their "boxes" in their brain to reach the output of laughter from a number of different inputs. Laughter is caused by certain visual or audio stimuli, often by perception of the unexpected or the incongruous.

Now...if God is omniscient, then there is no way for him to have a sense of humor... so how do you explain all the ridiculous things in nature??

At 6/6/2011 3:37:05 PM, Greyparrot wrote:
Many people say God has a sense of humor.

consider this:

Every individual varies in their neurological pathways through their "boxes" in their brain to reach the output of laughter from a number of different inputs. Laughter is caused by certain visual or audio stimuli, often by perception of the unexpected or the incongruous.

Now...if God is omniscient, then there is no way for him to have a sense of humor... so how do you explain all the ridiculous things in nature??

At 6/6/2011 3:37:05 PM, Greyparrot wrote:
Many people say God has a sense of humor.

consider this:

Every individual varies in their neurological pathways through their "boxes" in their brain to reach the output of laughter from a number of different inputs. Laughter is caused by certain visual or audio stimuli, often by perception of the unexpected or the incongruous.

Now...if God is omniscient, then there is no way for him to have a sense of humor... so how do you explain all the ridiculous things in nature??

At 6/6/2011 4:12:46 PM, Indophile wrote:

At 6/6/2011 3:37:05 PM, Greyparrot wrote:
Many people say God has a sense of humor.

consider this:

Every individual varies in their neurological pathways through their "boxes" in their brain to reach the output of laughter from a number of different inputs. Laughter is caused by certain visual or audio stimuli, often by perception of the unexpected or the incongruous.

Now...if God is omniscient, then there is no way for him to have a sense of humor... so how do you explain all the ridiculous things in nature??

Anthropomorphizing much?

At 6/6/2011 3:37:05 PM, Greyparrot wrote:
Many people say God has a sense of humor.

consider this:

Every individual varies in their neurological pathways through their "boxes" in their brain to reach the output of laughter from a number of different inputs. Laughter is caused by certain visual or audio stimuli, often by perception of the unexpected or the incongruous.

Now...if God is omniscient, then there is no way for him to have a sense of humor... so how do you explain all the ridiculous things in nature??

At 6/6/2011 5:18:42 PM, Thaddeus wrote:
I know I may be just pointing out the obvious; but surely these comical things in nature only seem as such because we don't expect them? That wouldn't apply to god

At 6/6/2011 4:07:59 PM, GreatestIam wrote:

At 6/6/2011 3:37:05 PM, Greyparrot wrote:
Many people say God has a sense of humor.

consider this:

Every individual varies in their neurological pathways through their "boxes" in their brain to reach the output of laughter from a number of different inputs. Laughter is caused by certain visual or audio stimuli, often by perception of the unexpected or the incongruous.

Now...if God is omniscient, then there is no way for him to have a sense of humor... so how do you explain all the ridiculous things in nature??

The anthropic principle says that if those ridiculous things were not there then neither would we. Change any of the parameters of what is and we disappear.

The ridiculous things you see are inadvertently created by nature as it tries to fill any and all niches where life can begin. Many creatures are strange for sure but which ones in particular do you think are ridiculous?

Regards
DL

At 6/6/2011 6:31:03 PM, tkubok wrote:

At 6/6/2011 4:07:59 PM, GreatestIam wrote:

At 6/6/2011 3:37:05 PM, Greyparrot wrote:
Many people say God has a sense of humor.

consider this:

Every individual varies in their neurological pathways through their "boxes" in their brain to reach the output of laughter from a number of different inputs. Laughter is caused by certain visual or audio stimuli, often by perception of the unexpected or the incongruous.

Now...if God is omniscient, then there is no way for him to have a sense of humor... so how do you explain all the ridiculous things in nature??

The anthropic principle says that if those ridiculous things were not there then neither would we. Change any of the parameters of what is and we disappear.

The ridiculous things you see are inadvertently created by nature as it tries to fill any and all niches where life can begin. Many creatures are strange for sure but which ones in particular do you think are ridiculous?

Regards
DL

Yes, clearly the platypus is vital for humanity to have existed.

At 6/6/2011 3:37:05 PM, Greyparrot wrote:
Many people say God has a sense of humor.

consider this:

Every individual varies in their neurological pathways through their "boxes" in their brain to reach the output of laughter from a number of different inputs. Laughter is caused by certain visual or audio stimuli, often by perception of the unexpected or the incongruous.

Now...if God is omniscient, then there is no way for him to have a sense of humor... so how do you explain all the ridiculous things in nature??

At 6/6/2011 4:07:59 PM, GreatestIam wrote:
The anthropic principle says that if those ridiculous things were not there then neither would we. Change any of the parameters of what is and we disappear.

At 6/7/2011 12:48:35 PM, belle wrote:

At 6/6/2011 4:07:59 PM, GreatestIam wrote:
The anthropic principle says that if those ridiculous things were not there then neither would we. Change any of the parameters of what is and we disappear.

the anthropic principle deals with certain physical constants being different, not every detail about the physical world. with small changes to physics, stars wouldn't form, or atoms wouldn't be stable, etc. nothing to to with the existence of ridiculous things.