Re: Re: Why religious truth is the highest truth

2012-11-05 Thread Roger Clough
time, especially near the end. -Woody Allen - Receiving the following content - From: Stephen P. King Receiver: everything-list Time: 2012-11-04, 12:24:05 Subject: Re: Why religious truth is the highest truth On 11/4/2012 8:10 AM, Roger Clough wrote: Hi Stephen P. King

Re: Why religious truth is the highest truth

2012-11-05 Thread Stephen P. King
On 11/5/2012 9:00 AM, Roger Clough wrote: Hi Stephen P. King Depending on the existence of others is fine but incomplete. A flood does not depend on the existence of others, it's just contingent on too much rain. And the in/ability of the boundary to contain the addition of water...

Why religious truth is the highest truth

2012-11-04 Thread Roger Clough
Hi Stephen P. King Necessary truths can't be contingent, because contingent truths by definition are contingent on circumstances and so may not always be true. Scientific truth, or any truth of this world, is such. Pierce taught that consensus or pragmatic truth is supreme. What people

Re: Why religious truth is the highest truth

2012-11-04 Thread Stephen P. King
On 11/4/2012 8:10 AM, Roger Clough wrote: Hi Stephen P. King Necessary truths can't be contingent, because contingent truths by definition are contingent on circumstances and so may not always be true. Scientific truth, or any truth of this world, is such. Dear Roger, By contingent I

Re: Why religious truth is the highest truth

2012-11-04 Thread John Clark
Rodger, why do you believe that religious truth is truth at all, much less the highest truth? It's because most small children are genetically hard wired to unquestionably believe most of what adults tell them and to carry that belief until the day they die; that's why religious belief has a very