Eugine_Nier comments on By Which It May Be Judged - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Eugine_Nier 11 December 2012 02:32:22AM 3 points [-]

The problem is that God is at the same time part of the realm of abstract logical structures like "goodness", and a concrete being that causes the world to exist, causes miracles, has desires, etc.

As I explained here, it's perfectly reasonable to describe mathematical abstractions as causes.