On Thu, Mar 2, 2017 at 3:48 AM, Bruno Marchal <marc...@ulb.ac.be> wrote:
> > >> > A > rithmetical truth > is not a being (superhuman or otherwise), > > > > Not a being? > That is correct the multiplication table is not a being, and this must be the only place in the world where such a bland statement is considered controversial. > > > > arithmetical truth > > is not a spirit > > > > Depends what you mean by spirit > And that depends on what you mean by "mean". >> >> You have no evidence that mathematics is more fundamental than physics. >> None, >> >> > > > I have better: a proof that if we are machine, then physics is a > modality on the arithmetical truth. > Like hell you have! >> > What is indispensable is that anything that deserves the label "God" must > be a intelligent conscious omniscient omnipotent *BEING* > > > Then all intellectual christians have stopped to believe in God after > St-Thomas, > If so then a very important question must be asked, how many "intellectual Christians" are on planet Earth today? Five? Six? > > who explained that omniscient and omnipotent are contradictory > Obviously it's contradictory, but that doesn't mean there are not billions of people who passionately believe it nevertheless. I never said Theology was logical or anywhere close to it. > > You can define God by the fundamental reality > That's true, you can try to get people to change the meaning of a word, but doing so would not be a exercise in philosophy or even theology, it would just be a exercise in vocabulary. And the only reason for doing so would be if you were too cowardly to say "I don't believe in God". So now that "God" just means "stuff" you can proudly say "I believe in God" even if all you mean is "I believe in stuff". It all seems like a pretty stupid word game to me. John K Clark -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
