On Nov 7, 11:11 am, "A. Wolf" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, Nov 7, 2008 at 1:05 PM, Tom Caylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > My interpretation/intent of my below statement is a simple logically > > consistent statement, akin to saying that a person's subjective point > > of view is subjective, or more closely, a person's point of view is > > personal (i.e. from the point of view of a person), or 1+1=2. Not all > > absolutist statements can be easily contradicted. Only the > > inconsistent ones can. > > You said "the personal God is the only one..." This suggests that > everyone believes in the same subjective view of God, which is silly. > The problem here is that the statement is not well-formed. We're > discussing things that not only aren't operationally defined, they > cannot be operationally defined (belief isn't something that can be > directly measured [1]). >
I did not mean to suggest that. I clarified my intent above. > Absolutist statements can be easily contradicted primarily because any > statement can be easily contradicted. ;) > I meant that "Not all absolutist statements can be easily disproven by contradiction. Only the inconsistent ones can." but I shortened it erroneously. > Anna > > References: > [1] Jodie Foster, cheezy sci-fi movie, 1997 "Contact"? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To post to this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---