TheMadFool

Shouldn't the same logic apply to science, the part that goes "...rejection of perfect and eternal truth"? I mean, if you're going to challenge the "p...

No problem. I'll get back to you later!

It would mean that. However, consider the possibility that the ripe fruits were on one tree and the unripe ones on another. He could've gotten the ide...

Then, the matter is settled, cut-and-dried, as they say, for you. You've already used the logos-mythos paradigm on the issue and labeled Christianity ...

I see but surely, you can sense how reasonable the sentiment is. If god created the universe then, necessarily, all in it - matter, energy, the laws t...

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Indeed, but how long until, how many words can we remove from Hamlet, Hamlet stops being Hamlet? How many? The literal truth of the Bible is now dead ...

Do you mean religious fundamentalists take the good book literally and scientific materialists have their own version of the good book which they too ...

Sorry for the double post. My previous comments were, let's just say, unproductive for either of us. It appears that I'll have to stick to my guns on ...

Precisely, atheists, given that they're in the business of refuting religion, are in an uncomfortable position - damned if you do, damned if you don't...

I see. I've always wondered at the notion of the so-called illusions that you refer to. In what sense are illusions illusions? My personal preference ...

A habit, as I said, perhaps in words that were poorly chosen and thus what appears to be a misconception on your part, is simply the act of repeating ...

Does the arbitrariness of X's point of view somehow prevent him from developing the concept of space in this setting? :chin: Really? If a queue forms ...

The allegation that "to look at the past as before is really a mistaken perspective" is important as far as I'm concerned. I'll ask you a simple quest...

What about the replies: 1. I don't know 2. Maybe ? The first is a confession of personal ignorance and the second, in addition to being like the first...

I'll focus on this point in your post. I hope @"Wayfarer" will chime in at some point. We've been discussing matters as if there's a fundamental antag...

I'm too ignorant to comment but if I had to say something about Christianity vis-a-vis the earth's present state it would be that Christian values are...

Yes, the "cost" which is a monetary term to my knowledge. I feel like a nonphysicalist with an environmental agenda, equally apalled by the materialis...

I was approaching it from the perspective of a queue, a line, as it were. Two trees would always form a line, a straight one but that's beside the poi...

I can accept that but I'm interested in the causal claim that habit leads to faith. How? By tue way your sun example is an inductive inference - it ha...

It's an integral part of the OP insofar as moral evil is concerned. I can see where you're coming from on this issue. I myself stated in a thread not ...

In my world that counts as a win! :up:

Care to expand on that? I thought it had and is supposed to have a sobering, depressing effect on us? I'm not sure. You tell me. :ok: I don't think I ...

Thank you. My main aim is to somehow soften the blow of late Hitchens' declaration that the association between miracles and God is too weak to be of ...

I'm afraid it's uniqueness and benefit is outweighed by the fact that it's not really a choice and if one must insist that it is one, the old Camusian...

Excellent! It's turtles all the way down :grin:

That's what I've been getting wrong all this time. Christianity isn't about faith. There's evidence, at least it's meant to be such - Jesus miracles.

Oh! Now it makes sense. Thanks. You mean to say I can speak/write, for instance, the contradiction "god exists" and "god doesn't exist" - I just did (...

I understand what Aristotle is saying but imagine I don't. How would you explain it to me? Please do. Of course, I just gave it a go a moment ago but ...

Alice is thinking something There is something A 1. Alice is thinking Bob, the elephant 2. There is Bob, the elephant (excuse the grammatical error) B...

Interesting point if I catch your drift. How people, perhaps this is an old-fashoined attitude, now outmoded, used to care about their ancestral lines...

:ok: Tell me one thing...what is the meaning of trivially true? By the way (E v 0=0) & ~E isn't equivalent to ~E. Do a DeMorgan on it and you have (E ...

What does it mean, "...it has to logically follow."? Are you saying the natural deduction rules that appear in my argument are flawed? Which ones? Whe...

I wonder...I wonder...truthseeker. What would it entail if god is computer? Kindly factor in the possibility that this might be a mistake in that the ...

Faith OF Christ: His faith in god Faith IN Christ: Our faith in Christ The intriguing mystery that needs a solving: Our faith in Christ was/is/probabl...

Really, I have my very own version of the absurdity of life? What's yours then? I wonder how general the idea of Camusian absurdity is. Does it encomp...

You're proposing a causal link between habit and faith here. How does that work? Do you have a causal argument to support this? That's reassuring. So,...

As far as I can tell, opinion is divided on the alleged weirdness of Quantum mechanics and it's the weirdness that's sent philosophers into a tizzy, r...

The GLOBAL ECONOMY is completely, entirely, centerd on and around money. Even to someone who's utterly economically illiterate as I am can see this tr...

Explain it to me with the argument I made: 1. P & ~P.......assume contradictions allowed 2. P............1 Simp 3. P v A......2 Add 4. ~ P.........1 S...

I guess everyone has an opinion on the matter but what's your beef with the principle of explosion? Any flaws? You don't mention any. I love this quot...

I'm calling it a day. Thanks for your input. Much appreciated. Will get back to you if I think of anything worth the ink.

As I said: Thanks for the clarification although the meaninglessness of Sisyphus' task seems to be the condition that the rock rolls down on every occ...

I'm only drawing your attention to the possible fact that what you see as faith-based beliefs may not actually be that - they could simply be habits l...

Very interesting. I applaud the spirit if not the success of the enterprise. Paraphrasing scientist Laurence Kraus, scientists go to work everyday wit...

Why would you say that? What is "...to repress grief..."? It sounds like some kind of extremely tough and equally wrong course of action when faced wi...

Well, I suppose you're right but, give it some thought, would creating enemies be winning? :chin: :ok: My question is simple: what would convince you ...

So, personhood consists of both the mind/brain and body. However, as I asked one poster, one can imagine (hopefully you're a man, if not, you'll need ...

If you're going to take things that way then there's no such thing as individualness, everything becomes a category...something doesn't add up.

So, I got mixed up! Thanks for the clarification. I feel I'm getting closer to seeing your point of view on the matter. If I understand you correctly,...