(August 21, 2009 at 5:22 am)Darwinian Wrote: No, just logic. Existence requires something to have existed, exist, or to exist in the future. Without time there is no temporal dimension to place it at.
That is not self-evidently true. In other words, there is nothing in the definition of 'exist' that demands temporality. Therefore, because it is not self-evident it must have some extrinsic justification—or is a statement of blind faith, of course.
Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when
called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason.
(Oscar Wilde)
called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason.
(Oscar Wilde)