When I was in U of A, some professor chated in the coffee room, "Two things we don't argue: tradition and religion." I think it was a very wise comment.
原帖由 eastroster 于 2006-6-4 01:03 发表7 x' T0 B F5 }4 C
When I was in U of A, some professor chated in the coffee room, "Two things we don't argue: tradition and religion." I think it was a very wise comment.
tomgod Vs dora --- a debate in logistics' Y8 J3 q) C* t! h2 T% t
7 O3 }; P1 _$ M" I [8 ~( `' A8 @dora believes: 上帝无所不能, while tomgod does not. " E6 ^: f C# z2 p j! S5 t! VThen tomgod tried to overthrow dora's conclusion (上帝无所不能) by finding one thing that 上帝 can not do. tomgod asked dora a tricky question (a puzzle):7 {3 x2 Z: I: c" y* |6 |
"上帝能否造一块他(她/它)都不能举起的石头????" 1 P& ~0 h( i i2 [9 p- d0 j0 \$ {& r4 f4 x) Q0 I
It seemed that dora would be in a deep trap. ) f2 `; c9 P1 a" m" P6 Z/ e
If dora answered YES, then there would a 石头上帝不能举起 --> 上帝 is not 无所不能 # ~- @% b' u+ ?- b& ZIf dora answered No, then --> 上帝 is not 无所不能 $ b' y: c7 {& }0 k4 u- ^& Y2 i2 kEither of these two answer would lead to " 上帝 is not 无所不能"- Z& d* m$ P" z. U6 S- b, z
p7 j4 Q3 I# B( G However dora did not follow the usual way of thinking into tomgod's trap. dora's answer was as the following: "上帝都不能举起的石头"不存在, which means that the queston is a fake one) I4 e7 E0 `+ J' R9 }% Z
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If the question is a fake how can you expect there should be a simple Yes or No answer for the wrong question?6 k2 x6 S1 c# l2 \9 y8 e
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Thats why I made a comment from the logic point of view "Dora's 逻辑 is correct." 3 H5 u7 w$ i' e8 w9 Z' w" F( Y9 Q: k O) `1 X8 r F
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