"For instance, I believe that there is an external world beyond what I experience in my mind. There is no way to prove this, however, I choose to believe it anyway. Am I irrational to believe this? According to your proposition, I am.
This alone proves that the claim is logically self-refuting, because there isn't any evidence which could prove it is universally true. Therefore, it in itself is an irrational belief."
Ah, but you do gain evidence to corroborate your suspicions that there is something beyond your mind in the various individuals who confound you by doing things directly to contradict your will and desire. The solipsist argument will not help you here, because, if it holds water, you must abandon your god first and foremost as being the character most unlikely to exist. Whereas there are other beings who should at least "seem" to exist for you (discoverable by means of your five senses), your god is not discoverable by any of these senses. So if you wish, apply the Cogito in that direction: Cogito ergo (deus) non est.
This alone proves that the claim is logically self-refuting, because there isn't any evidence which could prove it is universally true. Therefore, it in itself is an irrational belief."
Ah, but you do gain evidence to corroborate your suspicions that there is something beyond your mind in the various individuals who confound you by doing things directly to contradict your will and desire. The solipsist argument will not help you here, because, if it holds water, you must abandon your god first and foremost as being the character most unlikely to exist. Whereas there are other beings who should at least "seem" to exist for you (discoverable by means of your five senses), your god is not discoverable by any of these senses. So if you wish, apply the Cogito in that direction: Cogito ergo (deus) non est.
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