From: Blunderov (squooker@mweb.co.za)
Date: Wed Oct 15 2003 - 15:37:30 MDT
rhinoceros
> Sent: 15 October 2003 2239
> [simul] I think it's too hard to disprove God...
>
> [Lucifer] Actually it is easy to disprove God with modus tollens
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modus_tollens
>
> If God exists, then <some reasonable consequence>
> <some reasonable consequence> is not true
> Therefore God does not exist
>
>
> [rhinoceros]
> I think a patch was dispatched for this purpose, so that they can make
> claims about the real world.
>
> "Mysterious are the ways of the Lord"
>
> They don't want to make it any easier for us...
[Blunderov]
or
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falsificationism
<q>
since God is typically alleged to be a transcendental being, beyond the
realm of the observable, claims about the existence of God can neither
be supported nor be undermined by observation.
</q>
Which leads me to wonder how it is that 'god' can be detected at all.
Oh, yes, right...'revealed religion'. I smell a contradiction - back to
the Wiki I go...
(Thanks for the illuminating discussion about Kant BTW - if I may chip
in? Didn't he 'give' us The Enlightenment - "The freedom to make public
use of one's reason in all fields"?)
Best Regards
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