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Refuting Plantinga's God and Other Minds
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RE: Refuting Plantinga's God and Other Minds
(November 5, 2013 at 11:29 pm)Vincenzo "Vinny" G. Wrote:
(November 1, 2013 at 8:19 pm)Simon Moon Wrote: I believe the argument is that since we accept the existence of other minds without proof, it is also rational to accept the existence of a god without proof.

The argument as I see it is not meant to prove the existence of 'God', but to provide a rational reason to believe in 'God'.

The argument fails on many obvious levels.

While I guess it can't be proven with absolute certainty that other minds exist, (please let's not sink into a discussion on solipsism), the evidence for other minds existing is pretty massive. Even before modern advances in neuroscience.

The evidence for the existence of 'God' is none existent in comparison.

And even if the argument was valid and sound, it still does not get you to Yahweh or Jeshua.

Please correct me if I'm wrong.

You're wrong. The evidence for "other minds" is not "pretty massive". I was pleasantly surprised that you made a fairly accurate representation of the argument and what it is meant to prove. But then you started spouting nonsense.

What would your response to the original question be then, Vinny? Also, elaborate more on why you don't think there is an abundant amount of evidence for other minds.
Don't keep your mind so opened that your brains fall out.
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Messages In This Thread
RE: Refuting Plantinga's God and Other Minds - by Silver - November 1, 2013 at 7:47 pm
RE: Refuting Plantinga's God and Other Minds - by leodeo - November 1, 2013 at 7:56 pm
RE: Refuting Plantinga's God and Other Minds - by Whateverist - November 20, 2013 at 8:03 am
RE: Refuting Plantinga's God and Other Minds - by Silver - November 1, 2013 at 8:06 pm
RE: Refuting Plantinga's God and Other Minds - by Simon Moon - November 1, 2013 at 8:19 pm
RE: Refuting Plantinga's God and Other Minds - by Silver - November 1, 2013 at 8:21 pm
RE: Refuting Plantinga's God and Other Minds - by Jackalope - November 1, 2013 at 8:31 pm
RE: Refuting Plantinga's God and Other Minds - by Simon Moon - November 1, 2013 at 8:36 pm
RE: Refuting Plantinga's God and Other Minds - by free_thinker_at_last - November 7, 2013 at 8:45 am
RE: Refuting Plantinga's God and Other Minds - by Silver - November 1, 2013 at 8:58 pm
RE: Refuting Plantinga's God and Other Minds - by Bob Kelso - November 4, 2013 at 9:25 am
RE: Refuting Plantinga's God and Other Minds - by Ayen - November 5, 2013 at 5:51 am
RE: Refuting Plantinga's God and Other Minds - by leodeo - November 5, 2013 at 9:35 pm
RE: Refuting Plantinga's God and Other Minds - by henryp - November 12, 2013 at 11:17 pm
RE: Refuting Plantinga's God and Other Minds - by henryp - November 13, 2013 at 11:34 am

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