>but creating a new system doesn't affect the old one in the slightest.
The idea of "new doesn't affect old" is an idea based on logical and temporal consistency. God is not bound to those.
In fact the current system of odd/even - as well as any other system and law, including the "excluded middle" - can be understood to be God's arbitrary creation. You consider it logically necessary and absolute just because God willed it so, you'd be considering a different one with any arbitrary change as just as logically necessary and absolute if/when God willed it :)
People create a lesser conception of God, with specific boundaries and limitations, and then gloat how he is limited. Well, let's instead start with the more common conception of God as limitless and with total arbitrary power.
>The idea of "new doesn't affect old" is an idea based on logical and temporal consistency. God is not bound to those.
That entirely depends on your specific god belief. Suppose someone believes that god is the eternal principle of consistency?
>Well, let's instead start with the more common conception of God as limitless and with total arbitrary power.
If god is capable of anything can god decide to make it such that there is no god? Can god decide to self-limit god's own powers? If god intrinsically encompasses all possibilities does that include the possibility of godlessness?
You quickly get to then point where the concept ceases having any meaning.
>That entirely depends on your specific god belief
My sentiments exactly.
The whole point of the comment was that the part saying "The answer does not depend on your religious beliefs" was wrong.
>If god is capable of anything can god decide to make it such that there is no god? Can god decide to self-limit god's own powers? If god intrinsically encompasses all possibilities does that include the possibility of godlessness?
Yes. Trivially so. And He can even make it so godlessness involves the presense of God too, without there being any logical inconsistency even (since he's so powerful he shapes logic, not the other way around).
Which I believe is the reason why people believe in some kind of deity. Believing of some kind of deity does not exactly answer the question of “why we are here?” but it can be trivially used to argue out this apparent paradox.
>>but creating a new system doesn't affect the old one in the slightest.
>The idea of "new doesn't affect old" is an idea based on logical and temporal consistency. God is not bound to those.
I'm not a theologist, but I don't think god recreating the world such that 3 is not prime would affect the discussion if 3 is prime right now.
In fact, I don't think god is even capable of making 3 not prime. Prime numbers are defined such that 3 is prime, it's not possible and a logical contradiction to make 3 composite without changing the definition. And the discussion is about the current definition.
>In fact the current system of odd/even - as well as any other system and law, including the "excluded middle" - can be understood to be God's arbitrary creation
But it's a human creation, god didn't invent parity or formal logic.
God is bound to His Word and as the saying goes 'it is written':
"Never will you find a change in the way of ALLAH. [Qur'an 33:62]
> Arbitrary creation
"HE created the heavens and the earth in accordance with the requirements of wisdom." [Qur'an 39:5]
p.s. Computing (al-Hesaab) is also addressed. Apparently God and Gauss are both rather fond of harmonic systems:
"HE It Is Who made the sun radiate a brilliant light and the moon reflect a lustre, and ordained for it proper stages, that you might know harmonic measure and mathematics. ALLAH Has not created this system but in accordance with the requirements of truth. HE details the signs for a people who possess knowledge. " [Qur'an 10:5]
