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Just refute the argument. Stop telling me about what arguments do. I make them for a living. Refute the argument, punk.
February 15, 2022 at 22:43
That's not an argument. My argument refutes your view - it shows it to be nonsense. Your response "but it's my view!" over and over again. Yes, I know...
February 15, 2022 at 22:37
God isn't mentioned in the premises. Refute the argument. Don't just keep reiterating your hopeless confusion over the word God and its occult power t...
February 15, 2022 at 19:57
God isn't mentioned in the premises. You are confusing a label with a person and flagrantly begging the question. Focus on the argument. You have said...
February 15, 2022 at 19:49
How is it a contradiction? Provide the argument.
February 15, 2022 at 19:44
Which premise are you denying?
February 15, 2022 at 19:42
Er, where's your argument? You think you saying stuff is an argument? You think telling me my view is contentious is a refutation? You think contentio...
February 15, 2022 at 19:29
No, mate, you haven't. You have just asserted, on the basis of no argument, that the person of God - so, God - is essentially omnipotent. That's false...
February 15, 2022 at 19:16
Argue something!
February 15, 2022 at 19:12
Oh good point. Bravo. Excellent argument. You reason soooooo well.
February 15, 2022 at 19:09
That's just a convoluted way of asserting once more that an omnipotent person is essentially omnipotent, a claim that is incoherent - as I explained a...
February 15, 2022 at 19:08
How do you know that?
February 15, 2022 at 18:58
Yes! Of course I do.
February 15, 2022 at 18:24
Yes it does. Once more: omnipotence is a property of a person. It essentially involves being able to do anything. That doesn't mean that it is essenti...
February 15, 2022 at 18:23
Which premise in my argument do you deny? Stop begging the question by making arbitrary pronouncements and stop ignoring the fact your view has the id...
February 15, 2022 at 18:08
No, omnipotence is a property a person can have. But it is not had essentially by any person, as having it involves being able to do anything, includi...
February 15, 2022 at 18:05
I haven't the faintest idea what you mean.
February 15, 2022 at 16:32
You are confused. God is essentially omnipotent just as bachelor's are essentially unmarried. That's means is that it is necessary to qualify as God t...
February 15, 2022 at 16:31
Why are you talking about a faculty of reason? We are talking about the imperatives of Reason. Now, your view entails that Hitler did nothing wrong. W...
February 15, 2022 at 16:22
Hitler is an excellent example. According to Salamander's view, Hitler did nothing wrong. That's silly.
February 15, 2022 at 16:19
So, to be clear, you are claiming the we, as individuals, are the source of the imperatives of reason? So 'Reason' is just another word for Bartricks,...
February 15, 2022 at 15:34
It does follow. If all chickens had a single source, and it had to be an egg, then all chickens would come from that one egg (the claim that all chick...
February 15, 2022 at 15:13
if all imperatives of morality are imperatives of Reason, and all imperatives of Reason have a single source, then it follows logically that moral imp...
February 15, 2022 at 15:06
The argument is deductively valid, so you need to deny a premise.
February 15, 2022 at 09:19
I am a divine command theorist. I arrived at the view after reflecting on the following argument: 1. Moral imperatives are imperatives of reason 2. Im...
February 15, 2022 at 08:36
me: provide an argument in support of your claim that God is incoherent. You: thanks. Note: I didn't ask you to be incoherent. Am I to suppose that yo...
February 15, 2022 at 01:48
Banno: "this bread is broken!" Me: "It's sliced bread. It's not broken, it is improved - you can make sandwiches with it" Banno: "It is broken. And to...
February 15, 2022 at 01:04
That's not an ability you have. You haven't and can't.
February 15, 2022 at 00:32
I do not see the problem that you want addressed. I believe in God (by which I mean an omnipotent, omniscient, omnibenevolent person). And I believe G...
February 15, 2022 at 00:31
No, we're talking about God. God is omnipotent. The concept of God is not omnipotent. My chair is comfy. THe concept of my chair is not comfy. You are...
February 15, 2022 at 00:17
Yes, can be, but isn't. Can be. Isn't. Can be. Isn't. You: but can he be? Me: yes You: is he? Me: no You: can he be? Me. Yes You: is he? Me: no You: c...
February 15, 2022 at 00:15
No. He's. Not. A concept is another word for an idea. God is not an idea. He's something there's an idea 'of'. Christ! So, you think that if someone h...
February 14, 2022 at 23:27
You either don't understand English or you've had a stroke, for this really isn't hard to understand. God can do anything. So anything you can do, God...
February 14, 2022 at 23:25
No 'God' is not a concept. There is the concept of God. God is what the concept is of. The concept of God is the concept of an omnipotent, omniscient,...
February 14, 2022 at 23:24
No, the person, not the concept. Concepts don't have abilities, people do. Now, once more, can a bachelor get married? It's yes, right? They won't be ...
February 14, 2022 at 23:19
Er, what?
February 14, 2022 at 23:16
No. An unmarried man is a bachelor but has the potential to be married. Do you think that makes no sense? If you think it makes sense - and you should...
February 14, 2022 at 23:06
You don't seem to understand English or basic logic. God is coherent. That does not mean the same as 'God cannot be incoherent'.
February 14, 2022 at 23:02
God is what you're called if you're omnipotent, omniscient and omnibenevolent, just as 'bachelor' is what you are called if you're male and lack a wif...
February 14, 2022 at 23:01
No it doesn't. Like I say, you just can't distinguish between being able to do something and actually doing it. God is not incoherent. Try and show it...
February 14, 2022 at 22:54
Not necessarily. There are two ways - not one - in which God can create a stone too heavy for him to lift. He can divest himself of omnipotence. That'...
February 14, 2022 at 22:46
God is omnipotent, but potentially not omnipotent. What's the problem? Again, if he lacked the ability to divest himself of omnipotence, he would not ...
February 14, 2022 at 22:41
Yes. He can do anything. So he can do that. Christ. Are you literally an infant? You can't refute an argument by agreeing with it.
February 14, 2022 at 22:40
Yes. I know. I said that. No. Can't you read? I said I don't have a clue how he'd do it - it makes no sense. He can do things that make no sense, for ...
February 14, 2022 at 22:31
I never told you. I haven't a clue - it doesn't make any sense. Refute the argument. You know - do some philosophy!
February 14, 2022 at 22:27
1. If a person is omnipotent, then they can do anything 2. If a person can do anything, then they can cease to be omnipotent 3. Therefore, if a person...
February 14, 2022 at 22:25
As David Lewis said, you can't refute an argument with an incredulous stare. That seems to be all you've got. Yes, God can do anything. Reason constit...
February 14, 2022 at 22:08
It's not my fault you can't grasp the difference between being able to realize a contradictory state of affairs and actually having done so. It is obv...
February 14, 2022 at 21:52
Question begging. How? How does being able to do something imply a 'lack' of power rather than possession of one? But it does and it is. I have powers...
February 14, 2022 at 21:00
I do not see what the problem is. How would God be omnipotent if he couldn't divest himself of his omnipotence? If God could not get rid of his omnipo...
February 14, 2022 at 19:51