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From: berger@aecom.UUCP (Mitchell Berger)
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Subject: Re: Mutually Exclusive Claim.
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Date: Sat, 1-Jun-85 21:49:57 EDT
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> >      Why is that trouble?  If God is not part of the  universe,
> > what prevents Him from acting, affecting, or manifesting in the
> > universe?  Further, what prevents God from  doing  whatever  He
> > wishes to do?
> 
>      You assume a  "  creator  ",  along  with  some  form  of  "
> substance  ".   A " GOD " would reside in a hierarchically higher
> dimensional level than our limited dimensions.  However, there is
> a  limit to the hierarchy, and it is not clear that we exist in a
> lower one, that is, it is possible that we ARE the highest  level
> in this particular system.

There is an alternative here that I don't see anyone else discussing.
There is such a thing as un-dimentional, not zero dimentional (a point),
or infinitely dimentional, but a mode of existance in which the concept
is meaningless. As an example, look at mass. When I say that a force 
has no mass, am I really saying that the mass is zero? Maybe Gd exists
in a non-dimentional non-universe. How many dimentions do emotions have?
	BTW, why must there be a finite hierarchy?
	Why must there be "substance"? What kind of substance, premordial,
or Gd's? I don't understand what you mean, or why this statement nessecitates
the existence of either.
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Micha Berger
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