[ExI] Religions and violence.

[Tomasz Rola]

On Tue, 3 Aug 2010, Damien Broderick wrote:

> On 8/3/2010 1:45 PM, Tomasz Rola wrote:
> > > > > > Aristotle watch out, and you too Kurt Gödel, Tomasz Rola is here and
> > > > > > he
> > > > > > >>>>> is challenging your crown as the greatest logician who ever
> > > > > > lived.
> > > > > > 
> > > > > >   >  >  Both Aristotle and Kurt Gödel believed in a god, a
> > > > > > conclusion they
> > > > > >    >  >  reached on the basis of their (arguably faulty) logic, so
> > > > > > they 
> > > > > > would
> > > > > >    >  >  welcome Mr. Rola to their company.
> > > > > >    >  >  Damien Broderick
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > > I think it would be interesting to see where exactly I claim so.
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > > I have tried to explain it and I'm not going to repeat. It is
> > > > > > however a
> > > > > > > bit sad to see, how my explanations don't stick to your brains.
> > > > > > But I
> > > > > > > don't think it is my problem.
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Perhaps I expressed that badly. I didn't mean that, like Aristotle
> > > > > > and 
> > > > > > Gödel, you believed in a deity--just that John Clark's parallel
> > > > > > seemed 
> > > > > > rather ill advised, given this unpalatable fact about his heroes.
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > (On the other hand, proposing that the probability of a god existing
> > > > > > is 
> > > > > > 50% due to our alleged ignorance is indeed very very silly. We now
> > > > > > know 
> > > > > > a vastly greater amount about the universe than was known by the 
> > > > > > ancients who invented their desperate warlord analogies, and none of
> > > > > > it 
> > > > > > is consistent with the reality of such a deity, nor of almost any
> > > > > > other 
> > > > > > kind. When this information is taken into account, the probability
> > > > > > of a 
> > > > > > god is negligible.)
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Damien Broderick

He sure can take care of himself, with 50% probability. So, no need to 
make noise about all this.

Regards,
Tomasz Rola

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