NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #19/NN_1992_19.iso/spool/sci/math/10949

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From: [e-mail] (Matthew P Wiener)
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Subject: Re: Proof of God's Existence
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Date: 3 Sep 92 18:58:36 GMT
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In-reply-to: [e-mail] (Allan Adler)

In article <[e-mail]>, ara@zurich (Allan Adler) writes:
>I don't see why everyone is trying to prove the existence of God. I
>think the people of the world are virtually unanimous in the opinion
>that God does not exist. To see why this is so, let us merely assert,
>in addition to the mere use of the word "God", some property of God
>and ask if people believe that God exists and has that property and
>overwhelmingly the response will be no. [...]

This is clearly a proof on par with all horses are purple (by induction).
The same technique will prove that the people of the world do not believe
in the existence of "clear communication".  Go around and ask, and watch
all the blank stares you get from the vast majority.  So much for "clear
communication".

Of course, if you're not trying to be mathematically silly, and I managed
to completely misunderstood your point, please, restrict such postings in
the future to talk.religion.misc where the context will tell us you're
actually being serious.
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-Matthew P Wiener ([e-mail])