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- From: abell@netcom.com (Steven T. Abell)
- Subject: Re: God doesn't exist
- Message-ID: <1993Jan28.085238.10381@netcom.com>
- Organization: Netcom Online Communications Services (408-241-9760 login: guest)
- References: <C1E910.Izv@news.cso.uiuc.edu> <1993Jan25.101937.18534@netcom.com> <C1G4Dn.8tu@umassd.edu>
- Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 08:52:38 GMT
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- pmsc13sg@UMASSD.EDU (Stephen Grossman) writes:
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- >abell@netcom.com (Steven T. Abell) writes:
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- >>Sorry folks, but words either have meanings or they don't.
- >>The word "God" doesn't.
-
- >SG Everything exists. Everything exists within some limit. God exists
- >within some limit: imagination, emotion, error, faith, fear, angst, a word,
- >foolishness, nonsense, etc., etc.
- > You may have confused reality with existence. God exists but not
- >within the limit of reality.
-
- And any statement is only true within some limit. The limit of your statement
- is microscopic. In normal parlance, reality and existence are identical. When
- somebody says "God exists", they're saying that God is not a fantasy. They're
- not saying "God exists in that it is a fantasy that is indeed present in my
- mind."
-
- One of the nice things about Rand is that she doesn't abuse context to sell
- points. Since you quote her in your sig, you might take a hint.
-
- Steve abell@netcom.com
-