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Naut
Thanks for your comment. Yes I wrote 'No one knows the mind of God, the powers of God, or the methods of God'. I also wrote that it makes us (me, anyway) WANT to know about God even more. So most of us will continue to ponder, and some of us will be more right, or less wrong, than others..... and that may be of some benefit.
Then you wrote "Further, my admittedly limited understanding of physics tells me that the Universe is in principle 'indifferent' to human concepts of 'Justice.' " I will agree that the unliving portion of the Universe is, of course, indifferent to our concepts of Justice or anything else. But the living portion of the Universe, with which we may have contact, whether we know it or not, might be VERY interested in our concept of Justice.
It is all study and speculation, until we die, but then it might be too late, and we might wish that we had studied and speculated a bit more, when we had the chance. 
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GoldenMean
on February 13, 2017 at 7:55 AM
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GM
Another interesting tour-de-force, and I certainly commend you for the thought you have put into it. I think you accurately describe the state of affairs as far as we know that 'No one knows the mind of God, the powers of God, or the methods of God'. Yet there are many who tell us they do know - and I think they're wrong, since nothing can convince me that we can know!
Further, my admittedly limited understanding of physics tells me that the Universe is in principle 'indifferent' to human concepts of 'Justice.'
On the other hand, I agree with those physicists who suggest it is unthinkable that the vastness of the Universe, that 13.8 billion years ago with a 'spark' (don't take that 'spark' business seriouly, LOL), doesn't contain additional forms of sentient life, possibly both more primitive and more advanced than ours...
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Nautikos
on February 12, 2017 at 9:56 AM
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I enjoyed your discussions on the subject. It all boils down to aligning oneself with the Supreme Will. Here the killer meets with equitable justice with the Fates dispensing him with the same justice that he ignobly thought was hurrying the slow pace of God's justice. The ways of God is inscrutable. Who was he to judge? Incidentally you might be interested on my entry http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/ABanerjeeSpeaks/905066 on the subject of rebirths.
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anib
on February 5, 2017 at 11:35 PM
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I remember learning about Kant in philosophy. He was a very interesting philosopher.
posted by
FormerStudentIntern
on February 4, 2017 at 9:07 AM
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