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Classical Logic
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Classical Logic
I want to talk about conceptual realities. I mean to say perfect statements that exist only in the mind but are not dependent on the mind to be true.

For example:

1. The Law of Identity states an object is the same as itself. A = A

2. .The Law of Excluded Middle says a statement is either true or its negation is.

3. The Law of Non-Contradiction states that contradictory statements cannot both at the same time be true.

These laws are true whether a person agrees or disagrees, they do not change, and they are not dependent on space or time. If they did then there would be no basis for rationality at all.

So how do atheists account for truth?

Matt Slick Wrote:Atheism has no way of accounting for these universal truth statements. Atheists can try and state that the laws of logic are based upon human minds, but this cannot be because human minds are different and contradict each other as well as themselves. Since logical absolutes are universally true, they cannot be the product of human minds because human minds are limited, are not universally true, and often contradict each other. If the atheist wants to say that the logical absolutes are merely descriptions of behavior of the universe, then how would an atheist, by observation determine the third law of logic, the law of excluded middle, which says that statements are either true or false? He couldn’t. If the atheist wants to say that logical absolutes are the result of chemical processes in the brain, that can't work because it would mean that logic could be altered by brain chemistry. Some atheists say that logic is a product of human language, but that doesn't work because languages are subjective and culturally variable where logic is not. If the atheist says that logic is a property of the universe like motion and gravity, the problem here is that you cannot measure the laws of logic where such things like weight, mass, heat, and cold can be measured.

Atheism is deficient in accounting for rationality and should be dismissed as a worldview.
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Classical Logic - by blood_pardon - October 8, 2010 at 2:37 am
RE: Classical Logic - by Minimalist - October 8, 2010 at 3:20 am
RE: Classical Logic - by Statler Waldorf - October 13, 2010 at 12:40 am
RE: Classical Logic - by theVOID - October 8, 2010 at 3:26 am
RE: Classical Logic - by TheDarkestOfAngels - October 13, 2010 at 4:49 am
RE: Classical Logic - by LastPoet - October 8, 2010 at 3:53 am
RE: Classical Logic - by padraic - October 8, 2010 at 4:53 am
RE: Classical Logic - by fr0d0 - October 8, 2010 at 6:51 am
RE: Classical Logic - by theVOID - October 10, 2010 at 3:24 pm
RE: Classical Logic - by IceSage - October 8, 2010 at 7:51 am
RE: Classical Logic - by Statler Waldorf - October 13, 2010 at 12:50 am
RE: Classical Logic - by Jaysyn - October 8, 2010 at 8:32 am
RE: Classical Logic - by Welsh cake - October 8, 2010 at 4:01 pm
RE: Classical Logic - by Edwardo Piet - October 8, 2010 at 4:06 pm
RE: Classical Logic - by Existentialist - October 8, 2010 at 4:56 pm
RE: Classical Logic - by little_monkey - October 8, 2010 at 4:17 pm
RE: Classical Logic - by The Omnissiunt One - October 8, 2010 at 5:49 pm
RE: Classical Logic - by R-e-n-n-a-t - October 11, 2010 at 7:08 pm
RE: Classical Logic - by Minimalist - October 13, 2010 at 12:48 am
RE: Classical Logic - by Minimalist - October 13, 2010 at 1:02 am
RE: Classical Logic - by Statler Waldorf - October 13, 2010 at 1:28 am
RE: Classical Logic - by LastPoet - October 13, 2010 at 5:20 am
RE: Classical Logic - by Statler Waldorf - October 13, 2010 at 2:01 pm
RE: Classical Logic - by theVOID - October 14, 2010 at 3:50 pm
RE: Classical Logic - by Cerrone - October 14, 2010 at 3:55 pm
RE: Classical Logic - by theVOID - October 14, 2010 at 4:02 pm
RE: Classical Logic - by Jaysyn - October 13, 2010 at 3:23 pm
RE: Classical Logic - by Minimalist - October 13, 2010 at 2:02 am
RE: Classical Logic - by LastPoet - October 13, 2010 at 2:25 pm
RE: Classical Logic - by The Omnissiunt One - October 13, 2010 at 4:13 pm
RE: Classical Logic - by Anomalocaris - October 14, 2010 at 3:57 pm
RE: Classical Logic - by ChromodynamicGirl - October 17, 2010 at 3:18 am

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