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Subject: Re: L-O-N-G response to Tim Maroney - (nf)
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Date: Tue, 10-Jan-84 22:59:39 EST
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uokvax!andree    Jan  8 15:36:00 1984

/***** uokvax:net.religion / emjej /  2:10 pm  Jan  7, 1984 */
>...  [Tim's] argument [about why he does not worship the Christian God]
>seems sort of circular to me.

I think not; it's of the form of the proverbial Caliph's argument for
burning the Alexandrian library (the comparison is intended *solely*
as a brief description of logical form, not to indicate disapproval),
i.e.			1. p -> q
			2. !p -> q
	therefore	q.

						James Jones
				Usenet: ...!ctvax!uokvax!emjej
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No, james, that isn't quite right either. The chistians are claiming that
p -> q (Biblical truth -> worship of Jehovah), whereas Tim is claiming
that p -> !q (Biblical truth -> Jehovah is not worthy of worship). He states
that he doesn't believe the bible (!p), but will act as if he did. I think
we can assume that !p -> !q in this case :-).

	<mike