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On 2011-03-13 23:40, Jonathan Townsend wrote:
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On 2011-03-13 23:10, landmark wrote:
Assume the rest of the world was the same when you woke up; the only difference now is that you are sure that God exists/does not exist. Now what?

Well since something must have changed - we have a contradiction. Different universe? Lots of gods exist... well if you take people as stating their beliefs honestly. And they each have no way to know whether the things they believe about their notion of god are the same as what others believe. And that's presuming they can't all be saying that stuff just to annoy eachother - so how many do we have ... really?

We presume you now know the answer to that question. Now what?

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landmark Inner circle within a triangle 5194 Posts	Posted: Mar 14, 2011 04:39 am 0 Quote: On 2011-03-13 23:40, Jonathan Townsend wrote: Quote: On 2011-03-13 23:10, landmark wrote: Assume the rest of the world was the same when you woke up; the only difference now is that you are sure that God exists/does not exist. Now what? Well since something must have changed - we have a contradiction. Different universe? Lots of gods exist... well if you take people as stating their beliefs honestly. And they each have no way to know whether the things they believe about their notion of god are the same as what others believe. And that's presuming they can't all be saying that stuff just to annoy eachother - so how many do we have ... really? We presume you now know the answer to that question. Now what? Click here to get Gerald Deutsch's Perverse Magic: The First Sixteen Years All proceeds to Open Heart Magic charity.
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