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Disproving Odin - An Experiment in arguing with a theist with Theist logic
RE: Disproving Odin - An Experiment in arguing with a theist with Theist logic
(March 20, 2018 at 2:17 pm)polymath257 Wrote:
(March 20, 2018 at 2:01 pm)RoadRunner79 Wrote: I would agree, that there are a series of things which occur in the instance of a ball breaking a window.

Would you agree, that the "physical laws" are just descriptive and do not have a causal abilitiy?  The physical laws, give us a way to describe, understand, and model what happens as the force of the ball is transferred to the glass?  The physical laws that you are describing is just how things behave.  They are not prescriptive, and do not have causal power.

To the extent that physical laws are purely descriptive, so is the notion of causality. It is simply a description that certain things tend to follow other things.

I would agree...
It is said that an argument is what convinces reasonable men and a proof is what it takes to convince even an unreasonable man.  - Alexander Vilenkin
If I am shown my error, I will be the first to throw my books into the fire.  - Martin Luther
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RE: Disproving Odin - An Experiment in arguing with a theist with Theist logic - by RoadRunner79 - March 20, 2018 at 2:18 pm

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