RE: Do your beliefs imply a Necessary being exists?
August 13, 2012 at 9:19 pm
(This post was last modified: August 13, 2012 at 9:22 pm by Jackalope.)
(August 13, 2012 at 9:01 pm)CliveStaples Wrote: If you believe you're in France (but you're not, you're in New York), and I argue that if you're in France, you're in Europe, aren't you obligated to also believe that you're in Europe?
Sure. That and four sixty-five will get you a venti latte at Starbucks.
(August 13, 2012 at 9:01 pm)CliveStaples Wrote: Your argument seems like a non-starter. The term "necessary being" is defined; replace it everywhere with "shpadoinkle pancake" if you like, the logic remains the same. What you choose to call the thing is irrelevant.
So by that definition, "quantum fluctuation in a singularity" qualifies as a necessary being. That I can buy.
