RE: Proving god with logic?
March 21, 2014 at 2:52 pm
(This post was last modified: March 21, 2014 at 2:53 pm by xr34p3rx.)
(March 21, 2014 at 2:48 pm)Modler Wrote:(March 21, 2014 at 2:32 pm)xr34p3rx Wrote: well the way i see it now is that almost anything can be "proven" logically BUT that doesnt make it real.The problem of syllogisms is that even if the premises are true, the conclusion may still be false, because a syllogism is merely a logical algorithm that doesn't take linguistic inadequacies into account.
This was beautifully demonstrated by Lawrence Krauss in a debate between him and Bill Craig some time ago:
- All mammals exhibit homosexual behavior.
- William Lane Craig is a mammal.
- There William Lane Craig exhibits homosexual behavior.
Both premises are true in their own right, but the conclusion is false (at least as far as anyone knows).
Watch from 21:14.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V82uGzgoajI
i well understand that, as i told tor i know about logic, i guess at the moment i got confronted with that claim i was too tired or i was facepalming too much that i couldnt think anymore
(March 21, 2014 at 2:49 pm)tor Wrote: Yeah but he didn't specify all mammalian species or all mammalian creatures.
its a generalization, so it in that case it didnt need to be specific
xR34P3Rx
it isn't in our nature to think of a God, it is in our nature to seek answers and the concept of God is most influenced in this world.
it isn't in our nature to think of a God, it is in our nature to seek answers and the concept of God is most influenced in this world.
