A Christian Philosophy

Way better universe. You can actually shake hands.

While I agree with Mr. LeMaitre that religion and science should be separate, it is not fair to keep the 'creation ex nihilo' hypothesis while removin...

I understand your point, that at the time that there were 2 apples, then there were 2 apples, and at the time that there were 3 apples, then there wer...

'By some miracle'? As in 'caused by a miracle'? But a miracle is not nothing. What this says is that, while miraculous events escape the laws of physi...

Truth does not contradict truth, and so if a claim is illogical, then it cannot be true. That goes for all types of truths, including religious claims...

God's omnipotence is not defined as the ability to do anything whatsoever, but the ability to do anything that is logically possible. If God wills for...

Are you asking whether Calvinists believe in free will, or are you asking if there is room for free will if God willed whatever comes to pass? If the ...

It is true that for a mirror, our right becomes its left and vice versa, and I think the same would apply for coordinate systems. Alright, new attempt...

We need to differentiate between 3 modes of reality: (1) Impossible, (2) possible and not actual, (3) possible and actual. (1) 2+2=3 is impossible. It...

I'll play devil's advocate. Just because we don't see something from nothing, it does not mean that we can't see something from nothing. Having said t...

Hello. I never learned to read logic symbols like this, and just caught up by reading wikipedia for 5 minutes. But what happens if we reverse the vari...

Fun. I can think of one "move" that would not be the same, if we use the term generally to mean things like events and outcome: I raise my right hand ...

I agree with when he says that even money has no intrinsic value and only has extrinsic value as a means for exchange of other goods. The question is ...

It is true that the method gives the same step-by-step solution to both (1) perception of malicious intentions, and (2) perception of looking down on ...

It is true that if there is no end, then the means to that end becomes obsolete. But back to your original question about if there is something worth ...

Good question. They are both unethical behaviours for failing the golden rule; but 'malicious intent' is a dishonest mistake, where as 'looking down o...

If I understand you correctly, you are saying that stealing the plans is only a means to the end of the good cause, and thus not the end itself. This ...

Maybe this falls outside of your 'economical' theme, but what about stealing for a good cause? For example, stealing plans from the nazis to stop thei...

You are missing out on a really fun conversation. But as you wish. See you later.

I agree with you that 'some' does not necessarily mean 'all'. But it is also just logic that there are only 3 ways to see the proposition: (1) everyth...

Interesting claim. If I understand you correctly, you reject the proposition that "anything can come from nothing", and say that "some things can come...

Alright. See you later.

To be more specific, which following statement do you disagree with? 1. If a thing can come from nothing, then an apple can come into existence from n...

Here is my point: If the necessary consequence of a hypothesis is impossible, then the hypothesis is false. For the hypothesis 'Something can come fro...

Glad to see we can still find some solid ground in math. But now I see a possible contradiction with what you said earlier, regarding the apple scenar...

That is my thought as well. Non-classical systems are an addition to the classical system when classical logic has reached it limits, and not in oppos...

I will put this argument on hold to focus on the next one for now. You can change the symbols (such as from decimal system to duodecimal system as dis...

This is a non-personal conflict as per what I mean by 'personal'. Admittedly, I am not very clear about what I mean. Personal conflicts are ethical is...

Thanks. I have ventured in that weird place before. I am no expert at this non-classical logic thing, but my understanding is that, although different...

So it does. But this is merely changing the symbols of numbers, not the concepts the symbols represent. The number 4 can be symbolized as 4, four, IV,...

Is it possible to change the math axioms such that 1+1=3 is mathematically possible? If not, then the scenario of 3 apples resulting from 2 apples is ...

This is once again describing an economical or political conflict, and not a personal one as per the original post is about. A personal conflict is ab...

Regarding math: I wouldn't disconnect it from reality. Engineers design planes to stay in the air using math. Furthermore, it seems to me that 2+2=4 i...

Everything you said above fits into the outcome (ii) in my original post, that is, real malicious intentions from the conflicter. You are correct that...

Perception is necessary. Let's say that I indeed would be upset if you had something I did not have. - If it is true but I don't know about it, then I...

Yes; that is because there is 1 way to arrange 0 objects. But then it is also true that there is 1 way to arrange nothingness, and so this does not pr...

I disagree with your claim that 0 is only analogous to nothing, and I claim they represent the same concept. 'Nothing' means 'no things', means 'zero ...

Here is my attempt to demonstrate that the principle 'Nothing comes from nothing' is necessary: Let nothing=0. Let something=x, where x>0. Mathematica...

You keep saying that the principle has been reduced to the laws of physics. When in our conversation has it been reduced? Here is an example that uses...

I think your definition A is the old definition prior to an established 'scientific method', back when the words 'science' and 'philosophy' were inter...

Hey. I am trying to access the page to your article but your link appears to be broken. Could you fix the link, or else summarize your argument here?

The thought experiments refute your claim that the principle 'no effect can be greater than the sum of its causes' fails in the example of water boili...

You make a good point that empiricism is classified as an epistemology, whereas materialism is classified as a metaphysics, and so they are not synony...

First, to be clear, by 'configuration' I meant the narrow range of settings (such as the gravitational constant G) that allow for life to be possible....

Are you saying that the laws of thermodynamics don't apply to the early post-Big Bang universe? I thought they were called laws because they applied t...

Good point. But by limitations, I meant that God would not be above all things if he was a material being. As all matter and energy is subjected to th...

I agree with this. Science presupposes logic, and math is the logic of numbers. That's me. We cannot conceive a universe where 2+2?4. Therefore math i...

So you say that empiricism encompasses all experiential things, which includes but is not limited to material things. Could you provide an example of ...

That's an interesting point. Here are thought experiments to show that the claims are not arbitrary: 1. Keeping the same source (fire), and replacing ...

Your 2-step argument is a good summary. It is however based on a lot of presuppositions that objectors will demand to defend. To name a few: 1. The un...