Re: holy mackerel
J J R (jrovira@juno.com)
Tue, 20 Oct 1998 16:37:52 -0400 (EDT)
<<Alright, Jim, I'm dying to know the punch line. What irrationalities
and
unfounded assumptions underlie the belief that our universe is likely
empty
of any divine presence? (I'm unfamiliar with the "universal negative
proposition", at least by that name.)
-Sean>>
Start making arguments against the existence of God and I'll show them to
you :)
A universal negative is basically the statement, "There is no..." period,
whatever the word following may be. There is no Santa Claus, there is no
perfect purple Island, whatever. The problem is you virtually have to
assert omniscience to make this statement. You CAN say, "there PROBABLY
is no..." whatever, but you can't say that **beyond a shadow of a doubt**
unless you're omnisicent.
So when you're denying the existence of God, well, that's a bit
self-defeating.
Jim
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