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   Message 109,729 of 111,200   
   noname to liaM   
   Re: A timeline   
   15 Sep 16 09:55:58   
   
   XPost: alt.philosophy.taoism, alt.philosophy.zen, alt.buddha.short.fat.guy   
   From: invalid@invalid.invalid   
      
   liaM  wrote:   
   > On 9/14/2016 10:39 PM, Julian wrote:   
   >> On 14/09/2016 22:25, liaM wrote:   
   >>> On 9/14/2016 9:55 PM, Julian wrote:   
   >>>> On 14/09/2016 21:25, noname wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> There are no random mutations.  None.  Everything is mutating, all the   
   >>>>> time.  Then people come along and look at the survivors and say   
   >>>>> they're the   
   >>>>> result of "random" mutations.  There's nothing "random" about it,   
   >>>>> those are   
   >>>>> the few of the infinite number of different kinds of survivors who   
   >>>>> actually   
   >>>>> survived.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Is there anything random at all?   
   >>>> I suspect it is just a name for things not yet understood.   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>> Funny thing, I posted this french post awhile ago hoping TH would pick   
   >>> up on it.  It's authored by a friend.  It answers your question..   
   >>>   
   >>> Let's see if I can manage a quick translation.   
   >>>   
   >>> "As it happens, Allah creates the Universe anew every iota of time and   
   >>> thus is the existence of any sort of causal relationship impossible in   
   >>> the world."   
   >>   
   >> Is that so?   
   >>   
   >   
   >   
   > I really love this quote coming from the pen of a denizen of the Usenet   
   > 10 days ago.  Something new to me, makes sense in a kind of coy manner.   
   >  God creating all there is contradicts the Buddhist concept of the   
   > universe, no :) ??   
   >   
      
   Not in the least imo, but apparently I am not well-versed in "the Buddhist   
   concept of the universe".   
      
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