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Are Theists Illogical for Believing in God?

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Are Theists Illogical for Believing in God?
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RE: Are Theists Illogical for Believing in God?
June 9, 2010 at 9:33 pm
(June 9, 2010 at 7:58 pm)Caecilian Wrote: @Rhamsin.Kh

All this stuff about axioms being 'self-evident'. Of course they are. But why? Surely its because thats the way our universe works. If the axioms that applied to our universe were different, then they'd be 'self-evident'.

In other words: that our particular set of axioms is 'self-evident' is a consequence of them being our particular set of axioms.

can you think of a universe where (x=x) wouldn't be an axiom? To me saying that x=x wouldn't serve as an axiom in other universes is like saying that in other universes there are edged circles or triangles with angle sums greater than 180 degrees.
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RE: Are Theists Illogical for Believing in God? - by The_Flying_Skeptic - June 9, 2010 at 9:33 pm

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