(August 7, 2010 at 9:59 pm)Tiberius Wrote: I hate to see someone darken Douglas Adams' name with such an absurd argument that wasn't even in the books. People gave kudos for it as well! Tut tut! Am I the only true DNA fan here?
Quote:If he knows he exists, as he has to, because he needs to be aware of his own existence, then he needn't have faith. And not having to have faith makes him an atheist.Third and final non-sequitur. It does not follow that "not having faith" makes you an atheist. Not having faith *could* make you an atheist, but it could also mean you have knowledge of God's existence, and therefore have no need for faith. God would come into this category, since being omniscient (see assumption made in my previous paragraph) he knows he exists.
Wow, I was feeling like I won the Rory, now I feel like the runner-up for the Rory or worse still, struck by Thor's hammer. My bad, not to have realized the subtle difference between 'proving' and 'knowing'. Adrian, go easy on me, I am an avid Douglas Adams fan too and consider that I won the Rory for using the word Belgium in a most gratuitous way. - ss
