All categories - 4 November 2006

Since installing the 'Nortons Anti Virus' onto my lap top I have noticed that my computer is steadily getting slower. Is this problem due to the Virus software or am I being paranoid.

2006-11-04 20:53:26 · 16 answers · asked by Mermaid 4 in Other - Computers

just to see if you could? I did a line of kool-aid once...that hurt reeealy bad.

2006-11-04 20:53:22 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Polls & Surveys

And please dont say 'training' - I thought they already were highly trained.

2006-11-04 20:53:12 · 11 answers · asked by derbyandrew 4 in Primary & Secondary Education

its not terrible but has a distinct pong to it!

2006-11-04 20:53:10 · 9 answers · asked by adams girl 2 in Singles & Dating

2006-11-04 20:53:00 · 7 answers · asked by bruvvamoff 5 in Other - Hardware

I've been using remington and winchester shells and the powder is balling up in the firing chamber.It doesn't burn clean and I have to clean my rifle and shotgun alot more.I suspect cheap powder.

2006-11-04 20:52:55 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Hunting

Plz be accurate.

2006-11-04 20:52:55 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law & Ethics

Stating Trinitarian Ontology

According to orthodox Christianity, although there exists a God as understood by Swinburne, He is tri-personal. In other words, God is three distinct persons (The Father, Son and Holy Spirit) in one substance, and yet He is still one being. To understand this, we can do no better than turn to the Athanasian Creed, where we find the following existential statements:

“[T]he Catholic Faith is this, that we worship one God in Trinity and Trinity in Unity. Neither confounding the Persons, nor dividing the Substance. For there is one Person of the Father, another of the Son, and another of the Holy Ghost. But the Godhead of the Father, of the Son and of the Holy Ghost is all One, the Glory Equal, the Majesty Co-Eternal. Such as the Father is, such is the Son, and such is the Holy Ghost … So the Father is God, the Son is God, and the Holy Ghost is God. And yet they are not Three Gods, but One God … there is One Father, not Three Fathers; one Son, not Three Sons; One Holy Ghost, not Three Holy Ghosts … He therefore that will be saved, must thus think of the Trinity.”6

Trying to make sense of the creed can be difficult, and therefore we can follow philosopher Richard Cartwright7 by stating the seven basic propositions of the creed, the belief in which is essential for salvation, for the purposes of analysis.

1. The Father is God.
2. The Son is God.
3. The Holy Spirit is God.
4. The Father is not the Son.
5. The Father is not the Holy Spirit.
6. The Son is not the Holy Spirit.
7. There is exactly one God.
From this point onwards, when I refer to the Christian understanding of God, it is in reference to the Athanasian Creed that my arguments are to be understood.

Can A Tri-Personal Deity Exist?

Answering this question is very much an ontological exploration. We need to distinguish between a priori and a posteriori answers to the question of existence. By a priori answers, I am referring to answers which speak of conceptual possibilities or impossibilities. For example, there is a conceptual possibility that there exists in the world a unicorn. There is nothing in the definition of a unicorn which would immediately render its existence impossible. On the other hand, it is conceptually impossible that there exists in the world a married bachelor, since the notion of a married bachelor is incoherent. We know immediately a priori that such a being could not exist, ever.

By a posteriori answers, I am referring to propositions which we know the truth or falsity of through experience. Thus, although the existence of a unicorn is conceptually possible, most people do not believe that unicorns exist because of the lack of experience they have had, or lack of evidence. However, one would always be open to the evidence, since unicorns could exist. But it would be absurd to seek evidence for the existence of married bachelors, since it is conceptually impossible for such beings to exist.

Here, I am concerned with the definition of the Trinity, propositions (1)-(7) stated above. If any two of these propositions are contradictory, then it would be conceptually impossible for God, in so far as He is understood in orthodox Christian theism, to exist. And therefore, assessing the a posteriori evidence for or against the doctrine of the Trinity (as is often the case with the Biblical data) would be as meaningless as entertaining a married bachelor’s request for divorce.

Let the Father be designated by x, the Son by y, and the Holy Spirit by z. God, as defined by Swinburne, can be designated by G. As Cartwright notes, one way to interpret the creed is to take the verb ‘is’ and understand it to mean ‘is identical with’8, therefore, x = G, y = G, and z = G. But if this is true, then it logically follows (according to Leibniz’s principle of identity, which states: if x is the same object as y then x has exactly the same properties that y has) that x = y, x = z, and y = z. However, the creed will not allow this: (4)-(6). The Father, Son and Holy Sprit are different and distinct from each other.

Another possibility is to construe G as a general term9 to avoid the logical inconsistency. Thus, x is a G, y is a G and z is a G. But surely this would contradict (7), for we are suggesting the existence of three Gods, or tri-theism. Cartwright presents the following syllogism: “every Divine Person is a God; there are at least three Divine Persons; therefore, there at least three Gods”.10 The second premise is supported the principle: if every A is a B then there cannot be fewer B’s than A’s. Cartwright cites the following analogy. If every cat is an animal, there cannot be fewer animals than cats.

It seems we have a dilemma: if x, y and z are identical with G, then we simply have one person, or three names for one person. The heretical position of modalism comes to mind, where the eternal coexistence of the Father, Son, and the Holy Spirit is denied. But if x, y and z are a G (i.e. belong to a genera), then one has three divine persons, which of course is another heretical position: tri-theism. In the first instance, the contradiction can be removed by altering propositions (4)-(6). In the second, by altering (7). But taken altogether, (1)-(7) portray an inconsistent set. It follows ipso facto that the Christian God, as He is depicted in the Creed, cannot possibly exist.

Implications For Christian Particularism


Orthodox Christian ontology, as depicted in the Athanasian Creed, forms the basis for a number of Christian particulars. And these particulars are contingent upon the truth of the Christian ontology of God. The implications of ontological incoherence of the Trinity are that certain doctrinal particulars simply cannot be true. For example, the divinity of Jesus (the second person of the Trinity took on human form), the incarnation (which involves the second person in the Trinity being completely God and man simultaneously), etc. There seems to be an a priori blockade that prevents these doctrinal particulars from even getting off the ground.

To conclude, the doctrine of the Trinity as presented in the Athanasian Creed depicts an ontologically incoherent model of God. To dissolve the contradictions which arise from analyzing the Creed, one can either reject the plurality of persons and hold that there exists a single person with different names or modes. Alternatively, one can embrace tri-theism. As long as one is committed to neither confounding the persons, nor dividing the substance, as the Creed would have us do, one is holding beliefs about God which are logically inconsistent. And if one is to remain consistent with the philosophical treatment of theism in contemporary philosophy by the likes of Swinburne and Craig, it follows that the doctrine of the Trinity, and its relation to ‘Christian monotheism’ — being profoundly irrational — should be abandoned.

2006-11-04 20:52:24 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2006-11-04 20:52:22 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Desktops

2006-11-04 20:52:11 · 18 answers · asked by Keops 2 in Religion & Spirituality

So-damn Insane, butcher of the innocents, is going to die. Why don't you all plead for his pardon? Since, clearly, none of you believe in absolute evil.

2006-11-04 20:52:10 · 6 answers · asked by seven 1 in Religion & Spirituality

2006-11-04 20:52:02 · 14 answers · asked by ok 4 in Polls & Surveys

2006-11-04 20:51:43 · 3 answers · asked by Fawad A 1 in Computer Networking

Suppose a woman find her true partner---after being cheated by her husband.Whether she can go for marriage leaving her husband or just like going on keeping the society happy --staying with her husband.?

2006-11-04 20:51:14 · 12 answers · asked by Mehbooba 4 in Marriage & Divorce

It breaks my heart when my boyfriend's friends talk about how beautiful every other girl is. I want to be beautiful too. Is it too much to ask for to be beautiful? Plastic Surgery? I need help.

2006-11-04 20:51:05 · 32 answers · asked by amber 2 in Singles & Dating

2006-11-04 20:51:03 · 6 answers · asked by shellnjay 1 in Singles & Dating

I heard only negative stories about those Ads & the girls. They look for an easy way out through marriage , come to the west, then bail out from the marriage. Don't get me wrong, i'm not importing or marrying any trouble, but i keep getting Russian chicks e.mailing me & my State Virginia is full of them Russian girls, looking for the G.Card marriage.

2006-11-04 20:50:53 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Immigration

2006-11-04 20:50:23 · 12 answers · asked by ronwilcox 2 in Singles & Dating

My friends are always putting their face right up to the glass and puckering their lips... I'm sure my fish takes offense

2006-11-04 20:50:21 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Polls & Surveys

Why Do each race Hate Each Other.EXAMPLE:white is the most hated race(and im white).And black people hate almost ever race.They say Asians are the most smart people on the planet(Im part asian to)Im no being racial or nothing just asking a question here

2006-11-04 20:50:09 · 7 answers · asked by Brian 4 in Other - Cultures & Groups

HDMI 1.3 will offer enhanced capabilities such as ability to pass soon to be released Dolby HD sound, etc.

2006-11-04 20:50:04 · 2 answers · asked by HDMI Challenged 1 in Home Theater

For a little girl

2006-11-04 20:49:58 · 7 answers · asked by cassowary_79 1 in Family

If i could re-train at college to do any job what would be the best course to do?
Nothing to long, no more than 2 years, and something that would pay well at the end of it and be fun if thats possible?

2006-11-04 20:49:46 · 5 answers · asked by momomo 2 in Careers & Employment

Alot of people have visited Rome ; but their impressions were not positive . Tell the truth , please !

2006-11-04 20:49:26 · 19 answers · asked by citizen high 6 in Rome

im in love with my man but im worried as i have had bad things happen to me in the past boyfriend im a lil worried as i just dont realy trust everyone alot. things like when some one goes to cuddle me i flinch and just dont like it im affraid hewill think it is because of him but it is not at all. what should i do?

i love him so very much an i just worried ill hurt him. he knows all about what my last boyfriend did to me, it just is worring for me as i dont want him to think it is him.

he knows all about the problems an i know i love him and nothing will change that ever

2006-11-04 20:49:20 · 9 answers · asked by NAUGHTY GURL 1 in Singles & Dating

Where will you be going?

2006-11-04 20:49:09 · 12 answers · asked by bezsenný 5 in Polls & Surveys

2006-11-04 20:49:07 · 7 answers · asked by Jethro 5 in Media & Journalism

Reaction from Iraqis . Americans And other world nations

2006-11-04 20:48:45 · 4 answers · asked by iNvader 1 in Politics

Any religion - you know, the kind that thank God for the athletic gifts they've been given, or pray for a touchdown, that kind of thing.

2006-11-04 20:48:28 · 4 answers · asked by p_i_turtle_sanders 3 in Religion & Spirituality

if possible use the following data to help you.

material aluminum

resistance/ohm 3

force needed to break wire/n 150

density/kg per m3 2700

cost of wire/$ 4

material copper

resistance/ohm 2

force needed to break wire/n 300

density/kg per m3 8900

cost of wire/$ 14

material steel

resistance/ohm 30

force needed to break wire/n 1500

density/kg per m3 7700

cost of wire/$ 1

2006-11-04 20:48:16 · 1 answers · asked by ██████████ 3 in Physics