Mal ,'War Stories'
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Bob says that's proved in _The Existence of God_, another Swinburne book.
I say that the existence of the Flying Spaghetti Monster is proved in my book, _The Existence of the Flying Spaghetti Monster_.
Although I suppose my case is hurt somewhat by the fact that I have not (yet) written such a book....
given what we know about God's character--namely, that he is all-loving and all-powerful (how do we know that? Read Swinburne's other books)--, how likely is it that he would want to make himself known to humanity in a way that is compatible with faith but not coercive of it? Swinburne again guesses that the answer is about 50%.
Okay, see, this would be the key part that makes it an interesting discussion, and the Netscape article a baffling piece of crap.
I'm more interested in the potential consciousness of tables than whether Jesus rose from the grave.
Yes! And what kind of tables can have consciousness? Actuarial? HTML?
don't take my language too seriously, I mean it's proved insofar as you believe Swinburne's proof
This is why I find philosophy utterly fascinating and alien. It's an entire way of thinking that I just can't wrap my mind around.
In physics, one common problem starts out "assume a spherical horse" .
I love the spherical dead horse problem. Because I usually started laughing whenever it was introduced.
with Hec on the "Who Cares?" bus. Although if I had been there to see it(if it happened) what a tale. But I wasn't so...
I just think it's silly to attempt to prove or disprove the existence of God.
OK, now you've done it. I've gotten him to register.
Uh-uh.
::runs and hides::
seriously? so if you didn't witness it you don't care?
interesting.
Philosphy makes my skin itch.
editted to add that Bob is still wonderful.