RE: virus: Atheism, Reasonables, Scientists

From: Blunderov (squooker@mweb.co.za)
Date: Wed Oct 15 2003 - 15:37:30 MDT

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    rhinoceros
    > Sent: 15 October 2003 2239
     
    > [simul] I think it's too hard to disprove God...
    >
    > [Lucifer] Actually it is easy to disprove God with modus tollens
    >
    > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modus_tollens
    >
    > If God exists, then <some reasonable consequence>
    > <some reasonable consequence> is not true
    > Therefore God does not exist
    >
    >
    > [rhinoceros]
    > I think a patch was dispatched for this purpose, so that they can make
    > claims about the real world.
    >
    > "Mysterious are the ways of the Lord"
    >
    > They don't want to make it any easier for us...
    [Blunderov]
    or
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falsificationism
    <q>
    since God is typically alleged to be a transcendental being, beyond the
    realm of the observable, claims about the existence of God can neither
    be supported nor be undermined by observation.
    </q>
    Which leads me to wonder how it is that 'god' can be detected at all.
    Oh, yes, right...'revealed religion'. I smell a contradiction - back to
    the Wiki I go...

    (Thanks for the illuminating discussion about Kant BTW - if I may chip
    in? Didn't he 'give' us The Enlightenment - "The freedom to make public
    use of one's reason in all fields"?)

    Best Regards

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