(July 29, 2019 at 2:09 am)Tom Fearnley Wrote: Is God a logical contradiction? Is saying an [all-powerful] immaterial intelligence [God] like saying a square circle or married bachelor? To the best of my knowledge there are no immaterial things, such as energy waves, that exhibit intelligence. I need help with this. Anyone?
Can you give me a list of all immaterial things known to us? Do any of them exhibit intelligence? Are all immaterial things known to us (as in there can't be anymore)?
The problem with the above: Is it possible there could be something immaterial which is intelligent? Maybe, maybe not imo. This could be like asking "is it possible that a bachelor could be married?" No, it's not possible. But then maybe I'm wrong.
Thanks.
No, God does not exist so it can't be anything, contradictory or otherwise. The notion of God is self-contradictory though. God is said to be supernatural. That means it is apart from and above the laws of nature including the Law of Identity. So here we have a notion of an entity which by its nature transcends nature. But if it has a nature, i.e., an identity, then how could it transcend the law of identity. Blank out. I can't believe I once bought into this nonsense.
