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nator Member (Idle past 2199 days) Posts: 12961 From: Ann Arbor Joined: |
quote: That's not an accurate definition of logic, nor an accurate description of the definition "the critics" use to define logic. Let me know if you want me to correct you. Edited by nator, : No reason given.
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nator Member (Idle past 2199 days) Posts: 12961 From: Ann Arbor Joined: |
quote: Actually, logic is not arrived at through experiment nor the scientific method. Logic is part of the scientific method, not vice versa. Here is the definition from the wiki:
Logic, from Classical Greek ‘ logos (meaning word, reason or principle), is the study of the principles and criteria of valid inference and demonstration. As a formal science, logic investigates and classifies the structure of statements and arguments, both through the study of formal systems of inference and through the study of arguments in natural language. The scope of logic is therefore large, ranging from core topics such as the study of fallacies and paradoxes, to specialized analyses of reasoning using probability and to arguments involving causality. Logic is also commonly used today in argumentation theory. [1] Traditionally, logic is studied as a branch of philosophy, one part of the classical trivium, which consisted of grammar, logic, and rhetoric. Since the mid-nineteenth century formal logic has been studied as the foundation of mathematics. In 1903 Bertrand Russell and Alfred North Whitehead established logic as the cornerstone of mathematics with the publication of Principia Mathematica. The development of formal logic and its implementation in computing machinery is the foundation of computer science. Put very simply, logic is used to examine the validity of statements. Edited by nator, : No reason given.
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nator Member (Idle past 2199 days) Posts: 12961 From: Ann Arbor Joined: |
I have thought that if I had grown up in Spong's congregation, I just might have remained a Christian. Or at least a believer in God.
I greatly admire him.
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nator Member (Idle past 2199 days) Posts: 12961 From: Ann Arbor Joined: |
quote: So if everybody has an equal understanding of God, then everybody must be equally right when they make claims about what God likes or dislikes.
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nator Member (Idle past 2199 days) Posts: 12961 From: Ann Arbor Joined:
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quote: I want you to want me.I need you to need me. Id love you to love me. Im beggin you to beg me. I want you to want me.I need you to need me. Id love you to love me. Ill shine up the old brown shoes, put on a brand-new shirt. Ill get home early from work if you say that you love me. Didnt i, didnt i, didnt I see you cryin?Oh, didnt i, didnt i, didnt I see you cryin? Feelin all alone without a friend, you know you feel like dyin. Oh, didnt i, didnt i, didnt I see you cryin?
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nator Member (Idle past 2199 days) Posts: 12961 From: Ann Arbor Joined: |
quote: You can't "see" someone's integrity. Integrity is something that is demonstrated over time, and mostly through adversity. Integrity is doing what you say you will do, even when it isn't easy or convenient. Don't confuse integrity with charisma or conviction.
quote: It is human nature to avoid uncertainty, but settling on an answer to a question merely to relieve our emotional discomfort seems a poor way to find truth. Edited by nator, : No reason given. 'Explanations like "God won't be tested by scientific studies" but local yokels can figure it out just by staying aware of what's going on have no rational basis whatsoever.' -Percy "What we need is not the will to believe but the will to find out." - Bertrand Russell "Man's greatest asset is the unsettled mind." - Isaac Asimov "We not only believe what we see, to some extent we see what we believe...The implications of our beliefs are frightening." - Richard Gregory
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nator Member (Idle past 2199 days) Posts: 12961 From: Ann Arbor Joined: |
Don't know if you think this post of mine is on topic, but I'd like a reply if you think it is, phat, thanks.
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nator Member (Idle past 2199 days) Posts: 12961 From: Ann Arbor Joined: |
quote: But we will never find The Truth, Phat. None of us. Nobody can really Know. Without uncertainty, there can be no learning nor growth. That is because once you are 100% certain of anything, you are no longer open to new and potentially better information.
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nator Member (Idle past 2199 days) Posts: 12961 From: Ann Arbor Joined: |
quote: How would you know if you had the whole truth?
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nator Member (Idle past 2199 days) Posts: 12961 From: Ann Arbor Joined: |
quote: OK, eww. Edited by Adminnemooseus, : CONTENT HIDDEN.
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nator Member (Idle past 2199 days) Posts: 12961 From: Ann Arbor Joined: |
quote: Yes.
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nator Member (Idle past 2199 days) Posts: 12961 From: Ann Arbor Joined: |
I think it is wonderful.
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