(August 22, 2023 at 6:30 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote:(August 22, 2023 at 5:41 am)FrustratedFool Wrote: It's interesting that you find a statement like, 'God is here', is correct. And incorrect at the same time. Can you explain this more, since it appears at face value a contradiction?
It’s not a contradiction. If the same person declared the presence of God and denied the presence of God, it would be.
But God is (according to the handbook) a non-material being. Therefore, ‘God is/is not here’ is a statement of feeling, of perception and not a veridical fact, like the length of a table.
If a person has a religious experience, no one can gainsay that they had an experience, but we may question its origin without doubting that person’s sincerity or honesty.
Boru
But surely 'God is here', whether material or not, is a statement claiming a veridical fact? It may not be testable in the same way (or even at all), but if God doesn't exist, for example, then surely the claim would be false? It is, then, like the table statement a True/False proposition, albeit one not so easily verifiable.
Or have I gone wrong?
