Unity, I am going to make two statements and then demonstrate the truth of one of them.
We'll start with three objects. A 2x4 piece of wood, a metal hand saw and a piece of fruit (an apple)
Statements
1. I can use a hand saw to cut a 2x4 piece of wood in half.
2. I can use an apple to cut a 2x4 piece of wood in half.
I can demonstrate the truth of statement #1 by using the saw to cut the 2x4 in half.
I cannot demonstrate statement #2 because it is not true. I cannot use an apple to cut a 2x4 in half.
Now let's say that I make the statement that the hand saw is divine.
How do I demonstrate that ?
Does it's ability to cut a 2x4 in half demonstrate divinity ?
If a god can cut a 2x4 in half, then doesn't that make the saw divine ?
It's doing something that a god can do right ?
And if a god can do anything, then doesn't that make everything divine ?
And if everything is divine then the word divine really has no meaning in a world that doesn't have any gods in it.
It's just some extra imaginary paint added onto an existent object without any need to.
Or maybe, just maybe......
a saw demonstrates that a strong material with a certain shape can chip away small pieces of wood from a 2x4 in a cutting motion.
And that's it.
That's all it does.
We'll start with three objects. A 2x4 piece of wood, a metal hand saw and a piece of fruit (an apple)
Statements
1. I can use a hand saw to cut a 2x4 piece of wood in half.
2. I can use an apple to cut a 2x4 piece of wood in half.
I can demonstrate the truth of statement #1 by using the saw to cut the 2x4 in half.
I cannot demonstrate statement #2 because it is not true. I cannot use an apple to cut a 2x4 in half.
Now let's say that I make the statement that the hand saw is divine.
How do I demonstrate that ?
Does it's ability to cut a 2x4 in half demonstrate divinity ?
If a god can cut a 2x4 in half, then doesn't that make the saw divine ?
It's doing something that a god can do right ?
And if a god can do anything, then doesn't that make everything divine ?
And if everything is divine then the word divine really has no meaning in a world that doesn't have any gods in it.
It's just some extra imaginary paint added onto an existent object without any need to.
Or maybe, just maybe......
a saw demonstrates that a strong material with a certain shape can chip away small pieces of wood from a 2x4 in a cutting motion.
And that's it.
That's all it does.
Insanity - Doing the same thing over and over again, expecting a different result