Under that assumption, answer me this question:
Is there a god?
2006-09-27 09:10:26 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I have to confess that I've asked this question strictly as an experiment. I had hypothesized that none of the fundamentalist christians could successfully accept the hypothetical, and that the atheists and agnostics would have.
I was right, regarding the christians. But I find it ironic how the atheist/agnostics made a point of expressing that they happened to agree with the hypothetical, instead of operating purely on the hypothetical -- personal belief was a non-issue in answering the question.
The correct answer, as anyone with the slightest understanding of formal logic will immediately understand, is simply, 'No'.
It was not a question about the real world, it was a question that operated under an assumption. Only the assumption mattered, not the real existence or lack thereof.
The closest someone came to recognizing the answer was suspendor, and then only by recognizing the innanity of the question, so I'm giving him the points.
2006-09-28 02:53:24 · update #1
That's dumb. Under the assumption that there is no god, how can you even ask that question?
2006-09-27 09:15:45 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
IF your honest lets assume that of all the knowledge that is available to know, of it all the smartest man or woman on earth knows 10% in the 90% of the knowledge you don't know even where to look CAN God live there? Part two, Take for example A rocket ship, put the RAW materials in A container and shake it up, or get power from the sky lightning to strick it, can that produce a rocket ship or MUST someone take those materials and design it, okay YOU have a designer, now the third part The Ten Commandments is the baises for laws in our country and in any country that you would be safe to visit, and so if the ten commandments are real so is the rest of the Bible. God is real, He is the creator, and His ten commandments [not suggestions] God bless you as you seek The Truth and the ONLY Way to Life, Jesus Christ, free bible lessons www.itiswritten.com You may EMAIL not messanger me at wgr88@yahoo.com
2006-09-27 16:19:03 · answer #2 · answered by wgr88 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You make the assumption sound novel. But for many of us it's a working hypothesis almost on the level of an axiom. (This is because after various millennia it's dawning on us that no one is going to come up with anything to contradict it.)
In short, we accept the assumption. And then your question becomes something like "Did we just say what we just said?" And the answer to that is usually "yes."
2006-09-27 17:00:40 · answer #3 · answered by JAT 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
This is a classic revolving door question. There's no way out even if you apply mysticism. Ultimately, it will be in the mind of the beholder.
2006-09-27 16:17:59 · answer #4 · answered by gjstoryteller 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't make such assumptions. Even if I did play along, I don't get it. There is a God.
2006-09-27 16:13:08 · answer #5 · answered by Coco 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes there is a God and he is mighty . How an you assume there is no God and then ask if there is one? what kind of logic is that?
2006-09-27 16:19:54 · answer #6 · answered by mortgagegirl101 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hmmm ... if you find yourself in a moment where there is no God, you do not exist to ask the question.
MoP
2006-09-27 16:16:05 · answer #7 · answered by ManOfPhysics 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
ask George Carlin
if there was a god, Carlin would be dead 100 times over
but he remains to educate us all with reason and challenging our own faith
2006-09-27 16:14:00 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yup.
Assumptions & disbelief don't make something any less true...
2006-09-27 16:13:04 · answer #9 · answered by azar_and_bath 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, there is a God.
2006-09-27 16:23:53 · answer #10 · answered by arewethereyet 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋