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Naturally, that response doesn't address the trustworthiness of the metaphysicist's brain at all Actually, it does. The metaphysicist may have reason to trust his brain. For example, he may consider that he's in a universe that runs by rational rules and logical relations, or that his brain is deli...

If one looks at Zeno's runner at the finish line, he had an infinite number of prerequisites which he could not fulfill. He should not be at the finish line.

Naturally, that response doesn't address the trustworthiness of the metaphysicist's brain at all

Since metaphysicists believe all sorts of contradictory things, then their brains must also be lying to them.

How can they trust their brains?

That's what you're posting because you want to avoid dealing with the divinity of Jesus.

They all believe different things about the divinity of Jesus? Some of them believe Jesus is Yahweh and some don't?

But in zero gravity space, not even the smallest force to keep them down, why would you expect the grains at the surface of the pile to stay there. What would be holding them there? Even the tiniest amount of energy would be enough for them to leave the surface. Well, there is the gravitational att...

Probability and time. Given enough time, events of low probability become likely. In space -- at the start there is only a low probability that a sand grain at the surface would have enough energy to go floating off int the air. But at the start, before any sand grains have left the surface, zero p...

You can't distract from the facts.

Sand, suspended in a liquid filed space, a liquid of the same density as the sand, most certainly does randomly move about. Why do you imagine that it would not? You're probably thinking of Brownian motion. But a fluid as dense as sand would also have a relatively high viscosity, so the amount of '...

And so on. Whenever we discuss what Jewishness or Judaism is, we find we're working with different and conflicting definitions. Which one should we adopt in common, in order to make the ensuing discussion coherent and free of errors of amphiboly? Judaism does not accept that Jesus is divine, that J...

timely? sand does not fall through an hourglass in zero gravity... -Imp Actually, given enough time, I would expect an hourglass i space (in zero gravity) to have about half the sand in the upper half and half in the lower. Puzzles you. Consider the experiment done here on earth, just take away gra...

Historic Jewish Views on Christianity Rabbi Louis Jacobs In its very earliest days, Christianity was seen by the Jewish teachers as a Jewish heresy; its adherents were Jews who believed in the divinity of Christ [and considered Christianity a Jewish sect]. But when Christianity spread and became a ...

A Platonic marriage. Is that good or bad?

Well it turns out that Christianity is just a sect of Judaism.

Go figure.