(February 14, 2014 at 2:52 am)Rational AKD Wrote: there are several things that are non-physical that exist. one I can easily name is the color red. what is the color red? is it a range of frequency in the electromagnetic spectrum? or is it a stimulation of nerve cells in your retina? or is electrical signals sent between neurons in your brain? the answer is none of the above. the color red is a process of your mind. it is not material, it is a concept called qualia. immaterial things certainly exist.So...god is a concept in our minds, then? Makes sense...
(February 14, 2014 at 2:52 am)Rational AKD Wrote: if something exists but not because it is contingent upon an external factor, then the only other reason left as to why it exists is because of an internal factor. internal factors can't be contingent factors. as I said to DeistPaladin, A is A and A is necessarily A. God is God and God is necessarily God. so an internal factor must be a necessary one. so it is then an internal necessary factor for its existence which means it necessarily exists in and of itself.
And it is possible for something to rely on an internal factor for its existence? How would we know? Like I said before, I highly doubt that omnipotence is even theoretically possible. Aside from it not being self-contradictory, why would it be possible? Or are you suggesting that literally nothing is impossible so long as it is not logically impossible?
John Adams Wrote:The Government of the United States of America is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion.