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From: alan@allegra.UUCP (Alan S. Driscoll)
Newsgroups: net.religion
Subject: Re: Rich Rosen & Logic.
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Date: Tue, 26-Jun-84 15:11:38 EDT
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Posted: Tue Jun 26 15:11:38 1984
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> RR:    To show that the internal logic of the faith is coherent is not
>        enough.

> Godel: If one can show (prove) that any interesting (sufficiently powerful)
>        belief system is coherent (consistent), within that system this
>        would itself prove that system inconsistant.

> SAK:   I take it from the tenor of RR's comment, that he can prove that
>        his own belief system is consistent.  This must mean it's either
>        inconsistent or uninteresting.  Vote? ;-)

I vote for uninteresting.  Rich stopped hearing what anyone else has to
say a long time ago, and that doesn't make for good conversation.


                                 /|\
                                  | [Open-Mindedness]
                                  |
                                  |
                                  |
                                  |
              [Theism]            |           [Atheism]
             <----------------------------------------->
                                  |
                                  |
                                  |
                                  |
                                  |
                                  | [Close-Mindedness]
                                 \|/
              =Larry=                             =Rich=


They're a lot more alike than either of them realizes!
-- 

	Alan S. Driscoll
	AT&T Bell Laboratories