tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16594468.post113928722473395985..comments2023-10-24T04:29:23.693-06:00Comments on Atheist Ethicist: 150 Days, 150 PostsAlonzo Fyfehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05687777216426347054noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16594468.post-1139421296022165162006-02-08T10:54:00.000-07:002006-02-08T10:54:00.000-07:00Once again, you know far more philosophy than I do...Once again, you know far more philosophy than I do; I will simply argue by what makes sense to me. Bachelor is external to X; it is a simple adjective. X would not change if he were to marry, but he would no longer be a bachelor. Good, for religious peole, is not external to God. It is His being, and He is good being. "God is good" is not an adjectival description of God. God IS good is the same thing as saying God is God to the religious. It's simply that if you use the word good peole know to what you refer.<BR/><BR/>It is not a biconditional. It is your very description of it as such which is the means of your refuting me. There are not two separate concepts which unite to create the God of religion; there is one God. <BR/><BR/>P.S. No need to get pissy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16594468.post-1139316239792450892006-02-07T05:43:00.000-07:002006-02-07T05:43:00.000-07:00DNAI am afraid that the technical definition of a ...<B>DNA</B><BR/><BR/>I am afraid that the technical definition of a proof is not determined by what you find persuasive.<BR/><BR/>Identifying God with good does not avoid the Euthyphro problem. This identity (or biconditional) is the union of two conditionals:<BR/><BR/>In other words:<BR/><BR/>god <-> good -> (god -> good) and (good -> god).<BR/><BR/>Since the Euthyphro argument defeats god -> good, it also defeats the biconditional.<BR/><BR/>just as:<BR/><BR/>X is a bachelor <-> (X is male) and (X is unmarried).<BR/><BR/>Defeating (X is male) is sufficient also to defeat (X is a bachelor).<BR/><BR/>The proof standsAlonzo Fyfehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05687777216426347054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16594468.post-1139291007874858682006-02-06T22:43:00.000-07:002006-02-06T22:43:00.000-07:00I hope so too.I hope so too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com