It is not hard to see where Augustine is coming from and it is clearly not from open-minded consideration of the evidence. According to his Internet Infidels website, he is on a "mission" to "defend and promote" a worldview.
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I do not make any clear distinction between mind and God. God is what mind becomes when it has passed beyond the scale of our comprehension.
Freeman Dyson
Freeman Dyson