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- From: petry@pythagoras.math.washington.edu (David Petry)
- Newsgroups: sci.math
- Subject: Re: Proof of God's Existence
- Message-ID: <1992Sep2.202439.14350@u.washington.edu>
- Date: 2 Sep 92 20:24:39 GMT
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- In article <17ui6kINNsft@matt.ksu.ksu.edu>, bubai@matt.ksu.ksu.edu
- (P.Chatterjee) wrote:
-
- >I was told by somebody that there is a mathematical proof of God's existence;
- >was wondering if somebody could shed some light on the same.
-
- Being a really sharp guy, I almost immediately recognized the importance of
- the above question, and I commenced at once to consume enormous quantities of
- caffiene in hopes of producing an enormous theorem. Here's what I came up
- with:
-
- THEOREM 1: Any logical system which is strong enough to prove that G*d doesn't
- exist is not strong enough to prove it's own consistency, or else it is in fact
- inconsistent.
-
- Proof. (Left to the reader)
-
-
- Corollary A: G*d exists.
-
- Proof. Assume not. Then you can't be sure of your own consistency. If you're
- not sure of your own consistency, you have no right to question whether G*d
- exists. QED
-
-
- Corollary B: You can fool some of the people some of time, blah blah blah.
-
- Proof. Obvious.
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-
-
- David Petry
-
- If I have to take it, I may as well dish it out.
-