RE: "god exists" <Why is this a relevant argument?
January 1, 2010 at 7:44 am
(This post was last modified: January 1, 2010 at 7:52 am by Purple Rabbit.)
(January 1, 2010 at 7:28 am)Tiberius Wrote: TruthWorthy,
There is a different between proving something, and proving something scientifically. You can prove things logically without resorting to science at all (for instance, the proof that 1 = 1).
I disagree. Math itself is science, empirical science even is heavily dependent on math and logic. Do you mean there's a difference between logical and mathematical proof on th one hand and empirical proof on the other?
(January 1, 2010 at 6:54 am)TruthWorthy Wrote: Thanks Rabbit (If it's ok for me to use that for short),If you look closely enough, you'll see that it does not deny the sentence "god exists" but only the claim of theists that this is a meaningful sentence to evaluate. So it is denial at the meta level of the proposition, i.e. it addresses the question whether it a proper proposition.
The outlook of Theological noncognitivism is very good.
I looked it up earlier today because I'd never heard of it, and I have to agree with it for the most part; only I can't justify refusing to accept everything because of lack of provability, that's where I think it goes too far.
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Christianity is perfect bullshit, christians are not - Purple Rabbit, honouring CS Lewis
Faith is illogical - fr0d0