On 12/26/2016 4:39 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote:
I have made it clear in posts and papers that the God of the machine
is Arithmetical Truth...
..
And speaking of a
sack full of doorknobs, how can one tell the difference between a
serious theologian and a buffoon theologian?
The first one personified God metaphorically.
Then it's a ridiculously misleading metaphor. Persons exist in space
and time and interact with other persons. They have values and emotions
and act on them. The "truths of arithmetic" are not in spacetime, don't
change or act, have no emotions, values, or goals. So to personify them
is a dishonest move. An attempt to appropriate all the religious
feelings of those raised as Christians, Muslims, Hindus, etc.
The second one take such personification literally.
The first one use reason, and verification. he changes the theory when
it does not conform to facts.
Yes, he changes the theory to a completely different theory - but he
insists on using the the same "metaphor". That should make it clear he
is using the "metaphor" to mislead.
Brent
“People are more unwilling to give up the word ‘God’ than to give up the
idea for which the word has hitherto stood”
--- Bertrand Russell
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