Trinity/Mike Mahony

Donald Morgan errancy@freethought.tamu.edu
Tue, 26 Sep 95 02:29 CDT (00812122140, 199509260720.AAA26619@olympic)



> Date: Tue, 26 Sep 95 00:10 CDT
> Reply-to: errancy@atheist.tamu.edu
> From: igby@deltanet.com (Mike Mahony)
> To: Multiple recipients of list <errancy@atheist.tamu.edu>
> Subject: Re: Trinity/Mike Mahony

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> As for the Trinity being illogical, I would state that if we use the
> logic of man, we will never understand the Trinity, but if we remember
> that with God, all things are possible, we can ACCEPT the Trinity.
>
> Sir, I practice a faith, NOT a science.

If all things are possible with God, and if you use faith to support this belief -- then anything at all is possible and any belief whatever can be supported on the grounds of faith. Faith opens a Pandora's Box of possible beliefs, and there is no more reason *on the basis of faith* (i.e., ignoring other considerations) to believe the teachings of any one religion over those of another).


> If you would like to PROVE to me that there is no God, go right ahead,
> because I cannot, nor do I wish to, prove that there IS a God. I KNOW
> the answer to that question and that is all that matters to me on that
> issue.

When you cannot prove, either by argumentation and/or evidence that something is true (e.g., the existence of God), and when there is no way of proving something false (e.g., the existence of God) -- then it is not a matter of KNOWING but a matter of BELIEF, and that is all that it is.


> Logic is just a manmade thing anyway. Your logic might be my illogic,
> and vice versa.

One person's logic cannot be another person's "illogic." The rules of logic have been established and agreed upon.


> I have a question for you: if you don't believe in God, why waste
> your time discussing the non-existence of something you don't believe
> in?

For one reason, in order to tell the other side of the story so that we don't end up with a theocracy and another Dark Ages.