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- From: esafern@shearson.com (Eric Safern)
- Subject: Re: Mathematical Proof of G-d?
- Message-ID: <1992Nov18.165555.20521@shearson.com>
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- References: <1992Nov18.005457.7527@ennews.eas.asu.edu>
- Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 16:55:55 GMT
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- In article 7527@ennews.eas.asu.edu, makowsky@enuxhb.eas.asu.edu (David Makowsky) writes:
- > With respect to proofs for G-d, I once heard something like this.
- >
- > G-d has all qualities
- > + existence is a quality
- > ------------------------
- > G-d has existence.
- >
- > Also, just like the original poster in this thread, this is not my
- >idea, nor do I subscribe to it.
- >--
- > There are three types of people in the world. Those that are good
- >at math and those that are not.
- >
- >makowsky@enuxhb.eas.asu.edu
-
- Maybe I shouldn't even bother, but...
-
- This is circular logic. It is obvious that if God (as the Omnipotent Being
- we understand as God) exists, He has all qualities, and vice versa.
-
- HOWEVER, you cannot simply assume 'He has all qualities' if you haven't assumed
- He exists.
-
- Now, prove the first statement, and we may be getting somewhere...
-
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-
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- Eric Safern
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