RE: Are Theists Illogical for Believing in God?
June 8, 2010 at 1:38 am
(This post was last modified: June 8, 2010 at 1:50 am by The_Flying_Skeptic.)
(June 8, 2010 at 1:22 am)Saerules Wrote:TFS Wrote:well... i think you're wrong. i don't get your happy human example. in every universe 2 + 2 = 4. in every universe, you should be able to perform logical operations. even in heaven!
The happy human is A: happy, and B: human... and therefore both a and b at once. Hence the necessary addition of 'exclusively'.
Why would not 2 + 2 be 22 in a universe? What about universes necessitates the answer to be 4? Further... why would one in every universe be able to perform 'logical operations'?
the 'a' in your case is a property, not an object.
why not 2 + 2 = 22: because in any universe you should be able to count to four with your fingers. if you teleported to a different universe and somehow you were in a bubble that contains the conditions in our universe that support life, you would still be able to point to four objects in this other universe. intelligent lifeforms in different universes would use math in the same way we do.
