RE: Do you think that without religion the crusades would have never happened?
June 25, 2009 at 9:03 pm
(This post was last modified: June 25, 2009 at 9:09 pm by Oldandeasilyconfused.)
Quote:The real phrase should be "you can't prove universal negatives" or "absolute negatives.
Ah,THAT makes sense and is also my position,I think. I usually say things like "science doesn't work in absolutes" and "metaphysical positions are unfalsifiable"
I discount BOTH of the following statements:
"I KNOW there IS a god!" and " I KNOW there's NO god!" as being different sides of the same coin,equally ignorant and closed minded.
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Tangent trivia
I guess most people here have heard of Bishop Usher (1581-1656) or at least of his great contribution to human knowledge. His was the towering intellect who proved the earth is 6000 years old,by using the Bible. Bishop Usher was of course Irish,and really just taking the piss out of the dopey English..
Perhaps less well know is another genius,an American who declared "everything which can be invented has been invented". (Charles H Duell,Commissioner,US patent Office 1899).
