On 10/25/2015 10:34 PM, Jason Resch wrote:
On Mon, Oct 26, 2015 at 12:25 AM, Brent Meeker <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
On 10/25/2015 10:09 PM, Bruce Kellett wrote:
On 26/10/2015 3:48 pm, Jason Resch wrote:
On Sun, Oct 25, 2015 at 11:05 PM, Bruce Kellett
<[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>
wrote:
The only sort of existence for which we have concrete
evidence is physical existence. We can understand imaginary
things, but we have no direct evidence for their existence
-- certainly not for their physical existence.
Do you acknowledge that we have no evidence that such things do
not exist? And therefore, we should at least remain agnostic on
the idea rather than reject the idea out of hand?
Imaginary things do not have physical existence.
I think that's why they're called imaginary. I think Jason wants
us to believe we can't think of imaginary things. If you think of
it, it exists.
You and Bruce want us to believe if we can imagine it, and we can't
see it, then it definitely does not exist anywhere in reality.
I only suggest that you proportion your belief to the evidence. If
there is no evidence, not even indirect evidence, then it is that
intellectual infirmity called "faith" to believe.
Brent
"My view is that if there is no evidence for it, then forget about it.
An agnostic is somebody who doesn't believe in something until there is
evidence for it, so I'm agnostic."
--- Carl Sagan
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