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How about this? To suggest something can exist contrary to being subject to the application of human logic for me is dead wrong. Suppose I asked where logic comes from? A question about the nature of logic would not be subject to the application of logic, yet it seems legitimate. I think the same t...

attofishpi wrote:To suggest that something can exist without logic for me is dead wrong.

I do not see what logic has to do with existence.

Do you really mean logic, meaning something like 'the form of a valid argument'? Or are you using that word to mean something else?

I see logic in other species. For instance, a documentary where a silverback declining to go through a territory that would put his family at risk. I would not see that as logic. I think logic only deals with the relationship between propositions, whereas the silverback is concerned with matters of...

There is no such thing as 'human logic', there is just Logic, as Logic arises from there being existence and existence is things and states of affairs. If a 'God' exists then it is subject to Logic, that is, the Logic of the existence 'it' is in, now 'it' may well not be subject to the laws of Phys...

It depends what you think of as Creationism. In its most basic form, merely the postulate that the Earth was deliberately created by God, not merely as an accidental byproduct of a cosmic explosion. I think it must be more than a postulate. To identify as a Creationist is to do more than allow some...

Is there anything that wouldn't be part of the deal? If the USA reverted to being a British colony? Or became part of Islamic State? If God governs in the affairs of men, then we are free to do anything, since by definition our actions must have been approved by God. So, since we can do no wrong, w...

I wouldn't have thought that anyone who believes in creationism is very amenable to rational argument, or even common sense, for that matter. You'd be surprised -- but not if you think about it very long. If you recall the history of Philosophy. That is, unless we dismiss more than half of the enti...

Amendments. Part of the deal. Is there anything that wouldn't be part of the deal? If the USA reverted to being a British colony? Or became part of Islamic State? If God governs in the affairs of men, then we are free to do anything, since by definition our actions must have been approved by God. S...

Ben Franklin was a great man. “I have lived, Sir, a long time; and the longer I live, the more convincing proofs I see of this Truth, that God governs in the Affairs of Men. And if a Sparrow cannot fall to the Ground without his Notice, is it probable that an Empire can rise without his Aid?” Motio...

Terrapin Station wrote:
So if that second sentence is saying that the attitude can disappear, why would you write in the first sentence that it can not?

Read the sentence in bold in the opening post.

Terrapin Station wrote:Wait, attitudes can't appear or disappear?

The very next sentence, one you actually quote, says in what sense an attitude can disappear. Why can't you read stuff through before jumping in?

Tolerance is an attitude we have towards people and ideas, not a thing or idea in itself, so it cannot either appear or disappear. A person who exhibits tolerance might stop being tolerant, but not because a lump of 'intolerance' has come from outside and negated their tolerance. That I should be to...

thedoc wrote:
I'm not so sure about the last one, it is my understanding that the Koran is an Angel retelling the Bible to Mohammed, so there was nothing revealed that wasn't already there.

It is more up to date; it explains where the Jews and Christians have misunderstood God's message.

I still believe that the OT stories of Gods more violent and destructive commands were an elaboration by the story tellers to impress a violent and savage people. You don't impress a savage people of how powerful God is by relating stories of kindness and forgiveness. God expressed his nature first...

I think your thoughts on distant galaxies was top notch. I assume that you also assert that colour is a phenomenon of the perception and not a property of the object? TerraStat, has a problem with his own reality. Yes, I think colour must be a property of perception. For one thing, we know we do no...