(December 31, 2009 at 3:33 am)TruthWorthy Wrote: I thought that logical statements had to assert that one thing meant another (in a manner of speaking).From Wikipedia:
ie. snow is white; Tiberius is a man.
This isn't the case with "god exists", or "god is true" as they are self reflexive statements, such as "truth is true", they don't propose anything actually interacts with the subject besides the subject. Better would be "god is a cloud", then you can add other logical statements, such as "clouds are rain", then adding: "god is rain".
I can't see how "god exists (or "god is true")", counts for a standing argument/logical statement/sentence.
"In logic a statement is a declarative sentence that is either true or false. A statement is distinct from a sentence in that a sentence is only one formulation of a statement, whereas there may be many other formulations expressing the same statement."
The statement "God exists" can be either true or false. The statement "God is true" lacks meaning, and I'm not sure why you brought it up.
