On Sunday, December 2, 2018 at 6:52:38 AM UTC-6, Bruno Marchal wrote: > > > On 30 Nov 2018, at 17:44, Philip Thrift <[email protected] <javascript:>> > wrote: > > > > On Friday, November 30, 2018 at 6:39:19 AM UTC-6, [email protected] > wrote: >> >> >> >> On Friday, November 30, 2018 at 9:13:29 AM UTC, Bruno Marchal wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> *This may be a simplistic pov, but since there was IMO no Original Sin, >>> there was no need for a Sacrifice for its forgiveness. Under this view, >>> Christianity is overwhelmingly an illusion. And since Theology seems to be >>> primarily an extended argument about the historical history and truths >>> about Christianity, it too is essentially worthless; an extended wrangling >>> over nothing. AG * >>> >>> >>> That comes from the 1500 years of brainwashing. I use theology in the >>> sense of Plato, not the Gospel. Only atheists believe in JC, >>> >> >> *Really? It seems you never met any Christians on a personal level. If >> you did, you'd see how uninformed you are. AG* >> >> >>> except for the TV evangelist, which are arguably con men. >>> That was the goal of the Christian after 529. To make us forget that the >>> original question of the greeks was about the existence of a (primary) >>> physical universe. God exist by definition: it is, by definition, the truth >>> we intuit to be larger than ourselves. >>> >> >> *I really doubt the question about the nature of matter has been >> forgotten. AG * >> >>> >>> >>> > > There is no truth outside of language, and matter's just another word for > nothing left to lose. > > > > Language have no relation with truth a priori. Theories might have. > Semantics are truth “by definition”, by relativising it to the notion of > model/reality. > > Bruno > >
*Rorty* is right, I think: Better not to use the word "truth" at all. It's just "justification". Or "judgment" (a type-theoretic term). - pt -- 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 [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
