(April 29, 2016 at 2:09 pm)ApeNotKillApe Wrote:(April 29, 2016 at 1:59 pm)Drich Wrote: please explain the paradox.
Paul thinks the Cretan prophet was telling the truth when he declared all Cretans are liars. If all Cretans are liars, the Cretan prophet who said that Cretans are liars is also a liar, meaning the statement is false, meaning not all Cretans are liars, meaning the prophet is a liar, meaning that not all Cretans are liars, meaning the prophet is a liar, and so on. Paul declares the statement to be true when it can't be.
Glob...Do liars HAVE To Lie all the time?
No. a Liar is simply someone who is comfortable lying.
Therefore when Paul identifies the truth in what the cretan prophet said, your contradiction looses all traction.
You have confused someone caught lying with the definition of a liar. You "paradox" can only exist if the claim was the cretan prophet was lying when he said... and Paul confirmed the lie.
