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Re: The God Game!
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Tue, 25 Apr 2006 16:02:39 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Dave Schuler wrote:
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Timothy Gould wrote:
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> > I'm making the point that atheism is as much of a leap of (not)faith as
> > religion is a leap of faith.
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> I don't want to start a whole big thing here, but I'd take issue with that
> statement as being too broad and non-specific.
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> One form of atheism--the belief that God does not exist--may require a leap
> of faith, but that's not the only form. I, for example, do not believe that
> God exists, and a lack of belief requires no faith at all.
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> This has been discussed here previously, of course, and I'd be happy to point
> you to an earlier articulation of my view if you'd care to read it.
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> Dave!
To sum earlier discussion--
Dave! does not believe that the following equations are equal--
1 + (-1) = 0
(-1) + 1 = 0
;)
Dave K
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Message has 1 Reply: | | Re: The God Game!
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| (...) Depending on how you define your operators they may not be. If I define the operator +(a,b) to be what we would conventionally term +(a,2b) and define (-1) as that number which ensures that +(1,(-1))=0 (ie (-1)=-1/2) then the two equations are (...) (19 years ago, 25-Apr-06, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| (...) I don't want to start a whole big thing here, but I'd take issue with that statement as being too broad and non-specific. One form of atheism--the belief that God does not exist--may require a leap of faith, but that's not the only form. I, (...) (19 years ago, 25-Apr-06, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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