Posted by dorayme on 05/31/06 01:06

In article <1f8nytz5p7zyt$.dlg@markparnell.com.au>,
Mark Parnell <webmaster@clarkecomputers.com.au> wrote:

> Deciding to do something for the good of humanity, dorayme
> <doraymeRidThis@optusnet.com.au> declared in alt.html:
>
> > Anyone know how long a tinyURL address is good for
>
> Until tinyurl.com ceases to exist.

Ah, you are saying that unlike God himself, tinyURL is not a
necessary being and can lose its existence without
contradiction... I take it, young Mark, that you wish me to go on
a bit about this? yes?

OK:

There are arguments by old Catholic scholars that go "Existence
is absolutely essential to the very idea of God. It would be
silly to think God does not exist, as silly as to suppose a cat
had no whiskers, fur or cat-like shape. It would be a
contradiction in terms. Cats, unicorns, parrots and tinyURLs on
the other hand are perfectly understandable as not existing, as
dead, as ex, as was, as not is, as used to be or indeed never was
- these could be a memory, a fantasy or whatever. But not God.
His existence is part of his essential nature. The idea of a
non-existent God is a silly idea. After all, the idea of God is
of a perfect being, how perfect would a non-existent God be?

[Note to Mr Pugh: I am totally drug free today. (where the hell
are you, I like your posts...?). Note to Blinky: How's this for
what you like to call "crap"? Did you read it anyway? Have I got
my "?" in the right places or any in the wrong places?]

--
dorayme

[Back to original message]