On Thu, Aug 11, 2016 at 6:17 PM, Craig Haynie <cchayniepub...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 08/11/2016 05:47 PM, Che wrote: > > > > On Thu, Aug 11, 2016 at 2:22 PM, Craig Haynie <cchayniepub...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> >> >> Actually, you have to have faith in an objective Universe. >> >> Craig >> >> > Having faith in things which can be proven to be true or not true -- i.e. > Science -- is not at all the same thing as having blind faith. > > That is religious. > > > But this is the point: You can't prove that we live in an Objective > Universe. You can't prove that you're not in some computer simulation, and > that the people around you are real. You can't prove your axioms. That's > why they're axioms. We take it on faith that what appears to be an > objective Universe, with rules which are the same for everyone, is true. > > Craig > > Extraordinary claims demand extraordinary proofs. Your metaphysical claims demand more than intellectual wankerism.