The Fool wrote:
>
>> According to Heinlein, it's mathematically possible to prove
>> _anything_. An exageration, but in this case it's valid.
>
> Heinlein is wrong. It has been mathematically proven
> that it is impossible to prove or disprove the existence
> of a god.
>
Mathematics can't deal with God. Unless you think that
"the set of all sets" is the mathematical god? The
"set of all sets" does not exist, but I don't think
god would be constrained to be the "set of all sets".
>>> It is possible to proove that this particular one
>>> described by the bible does not exist.
>>
>> Just by adding extra-bible axioms :-)
>>
>> See? I am the skeptic, you are the believer. You have faith
>> that it's possible to prove the non-existence of
>> the bible god :-P
>
> You define everything In terms of the bible.
>
No - I am just trying to show you how hard it is to
draw contradictions from the bible. Bible analysis
[that has a beautiful Greek-sounding name, something
like hesegesis] exists for a very long time, and
nothing terrically absurd has been found.
> I define things in terms of mathematical objects.
>
???
How can you define god in mathematical terms?
Can you translate even Genesis 5 into a mathematical
language?
Alberto Monteiro
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