NeoVid Posted:

I ran into one creationist who had the (actually pretty interesting) idea that the world was created a few thousand years ago, but God created it billions of years old.

There’s a damn good science fiction story in that idea, but the problem with actually thinking in those terms is basically… well, how do we know we’re not all brains in jars being given false sensory input?

You mean this of course? The evil genius/demon skepticism I don’t see as a logical next step though, by making the claim that everything could have been made at any point including with people who are mid thought though kind of hurts God in my opinion.

If he gave us free will yet created ANYONE middle aged mid thought, are the actions of that man prior to this creation to weigh on his soul? To claim free will when we were created mid stride is fairly ridiculous or at very least unfair to those who were and were given entire lives and personalities without any chance to shape themselves.

I personally do not believe in either free will or consciousness in the first place nor am I a religious man, but I do find that theory to be an interesting one.