I deny that there are any necessary truths. So you have to generate a contradiction without assuming that there are necessary truths — Bartricks
Your example didn't work. I explained why. — Bartricks
When would he do that? — Bartricks
I do not know if we deserve every specific harm that befalls us, or just the exposure to the risk. — Bartricks
I do not believe all rape victims deserve to be raped. — Bartricks
Despite having the ability to make it otherwise, why did God choose to make it possible that some people are punished much more than they deserve? — khaled
But God does not have to know what happens to us here. Indeed, why would he care? — Bartricks
Time, then, exists as the sensations of a mind. And of course, that mind will be the mind of God if God exists (which he does). — Bartricks
Sensations can exist in minds and nowhere else. Minds and minds alone have sensations. Thus, the actual pastness of an event exists as the sensation of a mind. — Bartricks
Time, then, exists as the sensations of a mind. And of course, that mind will be the mind of God if God exists (which he does). — Bartricks
I'm not just telling you, I am demonstrating it:
All theorems of propositional calculus are necessary theorems of modal logic.
The Law of Noncontradiction is a theorem of propositional calculus.
Therefore the Law of noncontradiction is a necessary theorem of modal logic.
If the Law of Noncontradiction is a necessary theorem, then it is not contingent.
The law of noncontradiction is not contingent.
So, where does this argument go wrong? Want me to do it for you? — Banno
Thus, the idea of God existing outside of time is a perfectly coherent one. — Bartricks
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