(April 15, 2014 at 11:12 am)Ben Davis Wrote:(April 15, 2014 at 9:56 am)Heywood Wrote: "If God exists" is not a conclusion. "If" is a conditional statement. You are conflating a condition with a conclusion. The conclusion or declaration that "God exists" is not contained with in any premises.The 'only if...' means that this is an assumption not a condition. Consequently your statement reads:
Sorry Ben but you get an F here.
Premise: Things are only wierd if God exists
Premise: Things are wierd
Conclusion: God exists
You get a U.
Sorry bro, "only" does not make the "if" go away. Its a conditional statement....not a statement that makes a conclusion.