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From: jho@ihu1m.UUCP (Yosi Hoshen)
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Subject: Re: Beth Christy talks about the Damager-God
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Paul Zimmerman in recent article has been using the term entropy in
presening his case against god.  It is quite clear that Paul does
not understand this term.   The following are some example of his
ludicrous claims:

>                                       Or by the atheists, who also assume
> that entropy is ``just another force of nature that we can't fully
> explain,'' even though its behavior is certainly that of a willful
> evil entity, deliberately destroying the hard work of man. You say
> ``Why bother to build systems of excuses for entropy?'' I am doing
> just the opposite. I am saying that there is no ``excuse'' for entropy,
> that its results are certainly the actions of an evil Damager-God.
> 
>                                                           We know there
> was some sort of flood that virtually wiped out life on Earth. What
> was it that did all these things? Entropy? Or some heinous willful force?
> 
>                                                      Death occurs as a
> result of decay, of entropy. Why are hurricanes and death and decay clearly
> different from normal natural forces? They are the products of an obvious
> willful force working AGAINST nature! The God whorshipers claim that it is
> these entropic things that are part of the natural flow, while the good
> 
>                                                               that the
> imbalance between the ``good'' natural forces of nature and the ``evil''
> destructive forces of entropy is ``just the way things are.'' (``It's
> easier to destroy things than to build them up.'')                     

Paul, I suggest that you do some studying in thermodynamics  and
in statistical thermodynamics, before using entropy as a buzzword
for evil.  If you don't know of any good book on this subject, I
will be happy to recommand one in email.
-- 
Yosi Hoshen, AT&T Bell Laboratories
Naperville, Illinois,  Mail: ihnp4!ihu1m!jho