RE: Argument against atheism
December 23, 2011 at 4:43 pm
(This post was last modified: December 23, 2011 at 4:52 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
Pick an axiom that you feel can be approached no other way, that must simply be accepted or rejected.
"If we can't prove (as truth) that we exist then we don't have consciousness - at least not in my original argument."
There's the trouble. Your argument is not the cosmos. You have an argument of definitions, not an argument over substance. Philosophy, pure philosophy with nothing attached, is useful for determining whether or not a concept can be rationalized, but isn't so useful in determining whether or not it is anything more than a concept.
For example. I can imagine a great many logically consistent things. Nonetheless, they needn't be actual things, they can still be products of my imagination entirely. Was it Void that said something like:
"Imagine [insert fantastic claims here]...no one gives a shit what you can imagine"...I have to find the source post on that one, I saw it in someone's sig.
"If we can't prove (as truth) that we exist then we don't have consciousness - at least not in my original argument."
There's the trouble. Your argument is not the cosmos. You have an argument of definitions, not an argument over substance. Philosophy, pure philosophy with nothing attached, is useful for determining whether or not a concept can be rationalized, but isn't so useful in determining whether or not it is anything more than a concept.
For example. I can imagine a great many logically consistent things. Nonetheless, they needn't be actual things, they can still be products of my imagination entirely. Was it Void that said something like:
"Imagine [insert fantastic claims here]...no one gives a shit what you can imagine"...I have to find the source post on that one, I saw it in someone's sig.
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