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Hmmm.... what, is it case sensitive? *Books

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I am an atheist but I have trouble with the argument that a universe with a god would be an entirely different kind of universe than one with a god. What are you comparing it too? Creationists believe in literal design but isn't it possible that a god could create the rules and then simply let things run?

His books are quite fascinating. I highly recommend The Blind Watchmaker, because in it, he does an excellent job of explaining precisely how it is possible for life to arrive at its current state of complexity without any interference from a "Supreme Being." Also, because it isn't as preachy or blatantly anti-god as The God Delusion is.

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I am an atheist but I have trouble with the argument that a universe with a god would be an entirely different kind of universe than one with a god. What are you comparing it too? Creationists believe in literal design but isn't it possible that a god could create the rules and then simply let things run?

In the book he distinguishes between deists (what you are describing) and theists in that theists believe God is actively involved with life on earth (prayer answering, miracles, etc). The point he makes about the differing universes is that religious people want to use God as an explanation for all the complexity around us without acknowledging how complex God Himself would have to be and how He got that way. Religions get that as a "freebie" where the sciences explain things through evolution and natural processes.

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