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To: Notary Sojac

Even that Ultimate Truth trick that theists do is merely a line in the sand. It means that beyond that they will not argue. The believer says “X”. The non-believer says “Y”. The believer says, “No, it’s X because God says it’s X!” And for the believer, that’s the end of the argument. If they hold firm to the starting notion that there IS a God and that whatever holy text they reference is correct, they have basically let you know “Beyond this I will not reason with you. Logic means nothing to me.”


38 posted on 12/20/2011 2:56:55 PM PST by A_perfect_lady
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To: A_perfect_lady

Some perhaps, but then you haven’t met Mr. Acquinas.

:)

There are religious folks who haven’t examined their beliefs either. Or at least don’t care much for epistemology.

Logic is a great tool, but it is limited to a subset of reality. We know, or act as though we know, a great deal (some would say the most important things) that cannot be known using reason/logic alone.

We say these thing transcend logic. Not contradict it, not irrational, but go beyond what the tool of logic can be used to know.


40 posted on 12/20/2011 3:05:03 PM PST by D-fendr (Deus non alligatur sacramentis sed nos alligamur.)
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