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Thought for the day
Jan. 29th, 2007 10:51 amIt is foolish to weld one's Faith to the knowledge of mankind, because man's knowledge is finite and fickle. It is also foolish to weld one's Faith to the ignorance of mankind, because the boundaries of ignorance are always changing.
Corollory:
Be wary of a chain of deduction that goes like this:
1) God is perfect.
2) Perfection has property X.
3) Therefore God has property X.
The flaw is in step 2, because it is based upon man's ideas of what perfection is like.
Corollory:
Be wary of a chain of deduction that goes like this:
1) God is perfect.
2) Perfection has property X.
3) Therefore God has property X.
The flaw is in step 2, because it is based upon man's ideas of what perfection is like.
