I'd say that 1,900,000 is a bit excessive no matter who's doin' the creatin'

[Austin]

At least that's how I'd consider god's work if I was a creationist.

" Number of world species now estimated at 1,900,000

The Australian Government has released its report that estimates the number of species in the world. The report was prepared by Arthur Chapman for the Australian Biological Resources Study. There is still no single list of all species, but this report brings the production of such a list one step closer. With over 20,000 new species being discovered every year, and as gaps are filled, we can expect the number of species to rise above 2,000,000. At this time, EOL has about 1,500,000 different pages."

source

So, anybody have any idea of W H Y ? Why god would bother making close to two MILLION species? In as much as he could create whatever function was needed to keep the Earth up and running in any number of species he desired, you'd thing a few thousand at most would do job. But he didn't. In fact, he created species that only lasted a short time on earth. Why go to the bother?

[CodewordConduit]

At least that's how I'd consider god's work if I was a creationist.

" Number of world species now estimated at 1,900,000

The Australian Government has released its report that estimates the number of species in the world. The report was prepared by Arthur Chapman for the Australian Biological Resources Study. There is still no single list of all species, but this report brings the production of such a list one step closer. With over 20,000 new species being discovered every year, and as gaps are filled, we can expect the number of species to rise above 2,000,000. At this time, EOL has about 1,500,000 different pages."

source

So, anybody have any idea of W H Y ? Why god would bother making close to two MILLION species? In as much as he could create whatever function was needed to keep the Earth up and running in any number of species he desired, you'd thing a few thousand at most would do job. But he didn't. In fact, he created species that only lasted a short time on earth. Why go to the bother?

A better question is "why bother creating at all?". If you accept that God fancied creating something hugely fascinating, entertaining and grotesque in order to alleviate the boredom of the total goodness, happiness and perfection that being God entails; then you shouldn't really find anything suprising.

[Sparko]

why not create 2 million species?

basically your argument is just an argument from outrage.

[Austin]

A better question is "why bother creating at all?". If you accept that God fancied creating something hugely fascinating, entertaining and grotesque in order to alleviate the boredom of the total goodness, happiness and perfection that being God entails; then you shouldn't really find anything suprising.

And this implies need, an emotion I think Christians would not consider to be part of god's character. Is god really in need of anything?

[Austin]

why not create 2 million species?

basically your argument is just an argument from outrage.

No outrage at all, just incredulity.

[showmeproof]

Can god be a god of nothing....would he not need a creation to be god?

[Sparko]

No outrage at all, just incredulity.

basically the same fallacy.

[Austin]

Can god be a god of nothing....would he not need a creation to be god?

Now there's a question to mull over. Does god need a something else to qualify as a god?

[Sparko]

Argument from Incredulity is an informal logical fallacy where a participant draws a positive conclusion from an inability to imagine or believe the converse. The most general structure of this argument runs something like the following:

1. I can't imagine how P could possibly be false
2. Therefore, P.

A simple variation on this is

1. I cannot imagine how P could possibly be true
2. Therefore, not-P.

This is a fallacy because someone else with more imagination may find a way. This fallacy is therefore a simple variation of argument from ignorance. In areas such as science and technology, where new discoveries and inventions are always being made, new findings may arise at any time.
http://skepticwiki.org/index.php/Arg...om_Incredulity

[Austin]

basically the same fallacy.

Fallacy implies an argument, and I made no argument. All I did was lay out information, wonder about it, and ask a few questions.

[CodewordConduit]

Now there's a question to mull over. Does god need a something else to qualify as a god?

Heh... quoted from my livejournal blog from when I was 16-17 (I will not link to it, for it is spectacularly embarrassing )

"#5 God only became God when he invented people. Before that, he had no one to worship him and therefore elevate his status to that of a deity."

Taken from a random list of thoughts at the end of 2004.

[Sparko]

Fallacy implies an argument, and I made no argument. All I did was lay out information, wonder about it, and ask a few questions.

LOL. right.

[CodewordConduit]

And this implies need, an emotion I think Christians would not consider to be part of god's character. Is god really in need of anything?

He might not need stuff, but he sure seems to ask a lot of his followers

He supposedly has a will and desires, so I dunno - maybe someone can elaborate a bit?

[Darth Executor]

"#5 God only became God when he invented people. Before that, he had no one to worship him

Angels?

[CodewordConduit]

Angels?

Darth I was an arrogant lil jerk back then with some serious anger issues. I totally overlooked angels because I wasn't really thinking at all. But I guess that the same applies really - he created them at some point too.