@fmf saidArguing the merits of logic (even when taking a devil's advocate stance) does not ipso facto suggest that I do not know what faith is. So please do not insult my intelligence here. (I understand it's far more likely that you are simply attempting to score cheap internet brownie points.)
KellyJay's opinion about God my be correct but as long as he cannot demonstrate that God's existence is an objective empirical fact, his belief remains a subjective opinion. I had you pegged as a Christian who understands what faith is.
@suzianne saidLike KellyJay, you are conflating the meaning of subjectivity and objectivity. Even IF God is real, KellyJay's opinion that he is real is subjective. I did not bring up the issue of your intelligence, you did
Arguing the merits of logic (even when taking a devil's advocate stance) does not ipso facto suggest that I do not know what faith is. So please do not insult my intelligence here. (I understand it's far more likely that you are simply attempting to score cheap internet brownie points.)
@suzianne saidKellyJay is not saying "if". He is stating that God is real. This is a subjective opinion until the objectivity of the claim that "God is real" is demonstrated to be true.
In case you missed the conversation being held in this very thread, IF God is real, then "God is real" is an objective fact.
Presumably once we die, at which point it may or may not be established as true.
If "God is true" were an objective truth, that would negate the claims that you have been making about free will here for over a decade.
@fmf saidAnd that's why we can't have proof of concept.
If "God is true" were an objective truth, that would negate the claims that you have been making about free will here for over a decade.
A thing can easily be true without proof.
True or false, it's your call to make, only for yourself. That is free will.
@suzianne saidThere can be proof that something is true AND free will in terms of whether to obey the instructions stemming from that truth. They are not mutually exclusive.
And that's why we can't have proof of concept.A thing can easily be true without proof.True or false, it's your call to make, only for yourself. That is free will.