(April 15, 2014 at 11:35 am)Heywood Wrote:(April 15, 2014 at 11:12 am)Ben Davis Wrote: The 'only if...' means that this is an assumption not a condition. Consequently your statement reads:
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.
Premise: Things are only wierd if God does not exist
Premise: Things are wierd
Conclusion: God does not exist
Equally valid.
Skepticism is not a position; it is an approach to claims.
Science is not a subject, but a method.
Science is not a subject, but a method.