RE: I am an orthodox Christian, ask me a question!
August 10, 2009 at 7:15 pm
(This post was last modified: August 10, 2009 at 7:36 pm by Jon Paul.)
(August 10, 2009 at 6:46 pm)amw79 Wrote: I have read up on all the above terms, and more besides. Arse-gravy, the lot. Concepts invented by theologians in order to attempt to arrive at a pre-determined conclusion - God.Right. The distinction between actus and potentia originates in Aristotles works, and has since been developed by Aristotelian Christian and Islamic writers, who took over the Greek body of literature.
(August 10, 2009 at 6:46 pm)amw79 Wrote: I do understand, I just don't accept your arguments, as they are set up as unquestionable, unverifiable, and indemonstrable.They are certainly not unverifiable, and certainly not indemonstrable. They are only unquestionable if they are correct and void of fallacies.
Note, that rather than rationally refuting the argument by pointing to a fallacy in it, you have simply asserted your dislike of it.
The people who are the most bigoted are the people who have no convictions at all.
-G. K. Chesterton
-G. K. Chesterton