Logical arguments for the death of God.

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Re: Logical arguments for the death of God.

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godelian wrote: Tue Apr 29, 2025 1:50 am The simplest solution is to believe that in the beginning God created the universe.
Is not the universe being eternal simpler?

(Universe is) vs (universe is + God is + God created universe)
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Age wrote: Fri May 02, 2025 10:17 am And, 'this' is, exactly, what happened to the 'ability' of adult human beings, in the days when this was being written. Some, like 'this one', literally, could not distinguish the difference of what is irrefutable, from what is refutable. That is, of course, unless some machines tells it which one is which.
I can tell you too, but I prefer that the machine gives you the bad news.
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godelian wrote: Fri May 02, 2025 11:25 am
Age wrote: Fri May 02, 2025 10:17 am And, 'this' is, exactly, what happened to the 'ability' of adult human beings, in the days when this was being written. Some, like 'this one', literally, could not distinguish the difference of what is irrefutable, from what is refutable. That is, of course, unless some machines tells it which one is which.
I can tell you too, but I prefer that the machine gives you the bad news.
If some one wants proof of some thing, like, for example, if there is a tree over there behind that mountain, or that there are particular words on a screen, then that proof can be produced and/or provided through and by 'observing' things.

Now, although this is obviously contrary to what you are 'currently' believing is absolutely true it is actually a Fact that no thing/one could refute. Which obviously include you or some machine "godelian".
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Age wrote: Fri May 02, 2025 8:50 pm If some one wants proof of some thing, like, for example, if there is a tree over there behind that mountain, or that there are particular words on a screen, then that proof can be produced and/or provided through and by 'observing' things.
Write down on a piece of paper "I have observed a tree over there behind that mountain".

Next, send copies across the internet to random people and ask them if they considers your message to be irrefutable. You will quickly discover that it is irrefutable only to you, but not to anyone else.

It is that piece of paper that is the evidence, and not what is in your head. Nobody else can see what is in your head.

You fail to distinguish between prover, evidence, and verifier.

Even if the prover has genuinely seen a tree behind the mountain, he cannot convince just any verifier of his claim beyond all doubt.
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Re: Logical arguments for the death of God.

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godelian wrote: Fri May 02, 2025 9:36 pm
Age wrote: Fri May 02, 2025 8:50 pm If some one wants proof of some thing, like, for example, if there is a tree over there behind that mountain, or that there are particular words on a screen, then that proof can be produced and/or provided through and by 'observing' things.
Write down on a piece of paper "I have observed a tree over there behind that mountain".
you have, still, not yet been able to just comprehend and understand what I am have actually said and have actually meant.

Once more 'I' will suggest to 'you' to stop reading with preconceived ideas and to stop assuming that I am saying and meaning things that I am certainly not.

Is it possible you could do and achieve this?

If it not possible for you to do these things, then you will be forever stuck in 'your own very tiny world', exactly like you are,here, now.
godelian wrote: Fri May 02, 2025 9:36 pm Next, send copies across the internet to random people and ask them if they considers your message to be irrefutable. You will quickly discover that it is irrefutable only to you, but not to anyone else.
you could not be more closed, here. Thus, you are being absolutely stupid, here.

Again, 'I' am not saying, here, what 'you' believe 'I' am.
godelian wrote: Fri May 02, 2025 9:36 pm It is that piece of paper that is the evidence, and not what is in your head. Nobody else can see what is in your head.
All moot, as none of this is in relation at all to what I have actually said, and meant.

Again, I suggest you read what I write fro the Truly open perspective, only.
godelian wrote: Fri May 02, 2025 9:36 pm You fail to distinguish between prover, evidence, and verifier.
And, you are failing to distinguish between what 'I' am actually writing, saying, and meaning, from what 'you' are reading, seeing, assuming, and believing.

But, like most people you are 'now', 'currently', believing that any misunderstanding, here, is 100% percent allmy fault, correct?
godelian wrote: Fri May 02, 2025 9:36 pm Even if the prover has genuinely seen a tree behind the mountain, he cannot convince just any verifier of his claim beyond all doubt.
Again 'I' suggest 'you' read the 'actual words' that 'I' have said and written, here, from another perspective, namely, a Truly open perspective, this and every time.
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Age wrote: Fri May 02, 2025 9:58 pm you have, still, not yet been able to just comprehend and understand what I am have actually said and have actually meant.
You do not seem to understand the most basic protocol in which the prover provides his proof to the verifier. Everything you say, falls apart as soon as you are required to abide by it, because you simply have no proof.
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godelian wrote: Sat May 03, 2025 1:02 am
Age wrote: Fri May 02, 2025 9:58 pm you have, still, not yet been able to just comprehend and understand what I am have actually said and have actually meant.
You do not seem to understand the most basic protocol in which the prover provides his proof to the verifier.
Once again 'this', here, is moot.

Again, what 'you' are saying, here, does not relate to absolutely any of what 'I' pointed out and showed above, here.
godelian wrote: Sat May 03, 2025 1:02 am Everything you say, falls apart as soon as you are required to abide by it, because you simply have no proof.
But, 'I' have already proved 'my claim'. And, irrefutably so, I will add.

The fact that 'you', still, have not yet worked out and understood what 'I' actually said, showed, meant, pointed out, and have already proved True, Right, Accurate, and Correct is of no real concern, well to 'me' anyway.
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Re: Logical arguments for the death of God.

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Ben JS wrote: Fri May 02, 2025 11:07 am
godelian wrote: Tue Apr 29, 2025 1:50 am The simplest solution is to believe that in the beginning God created the universe.
Is not the universe being eternal simpler?

(Universe is) vs (universe is + God is + God created universe)
Besides being simpler the Universe being eternal is also an unambiguous Fact, which could not be refuted.
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Age wrote: Sat May 03, 2025 4:02 am But, 'I' have already proved 'my claim'. And, irrefutably so, I will add.
In that case, paste your irrefutable argument into the jsCoq page:

https://coq.vercel.app

It will verify and confirm that your argument is indeed irrefutable.
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godelian wrote: Sat May 03, 2025 4:16 am
Age wrote: Sat May 03, 2025 4:02 am But, 'I' have already proved 'my claim'. And, irrefutably so, I will add.
In that case, paste your irrefutable argument into the jsCoq page:

https://coq.vercel.app

It will verify and confirm that your argument is indeed irrefutable.
But, was it not 'you' that claimed that 'I' would not be able to do that?

Either way why do 'you' not just paste what you claim to be is 'my' 'irrefutable argument' into that thing's page, and then 'you' will, obviously, be able to present and produce the 'verification', which you would love, to 'the readers', here, that 'my', supposed, 'irrefutable argument' is not actually 'irrefutable' at all?

Now, back to what I have actually been pointing out and showing, which is,

you "godelian' claim, absolutely, that you can not produce proof by observation of absolutely any thing, in the whole Universe, Itself.

Whereas, I claim that any one can produce proof by observing things. I then went on to provide actual examples, of which no one could refute.

Which then means that 'I' have provided actual irrefutable proof that, obviously, counters and refutes your claim, absolutely.
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Re: Logical arguments for the death of God.

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Age wrote: Sat May 03, 2025 4:31 am you "godelian' claim, absolutely, that you can not produce proof by observation of absolutely any thing, in the whole Universe, Itself.
The physical universe is indeed true but unprovable, i.e. effectively Godelian.
Age wrote: Sat May 03, 2025 4:31 am Whereas, I claim that any one can produce proof by observing things. I then went on to provide actual examples, of which no one could refute.
Your claim is false. Your examples are false. You cannot do what you say that you can do. It cannot be done.
ChatGPT: Is it possible to irrefutably prove anything about the physical universe?

In short: no, it is not possible to irrefutably prove anything about the physical universe in the strictest philosophical sense.

Here’s why:

1. Empiricism is based on observation – All knowledge of the physical universe comes from sensory data or measurement, which is inherently limited and potentially fallible.

2. Scientific knowledge is provisional – Scientific theories are always subject to revision or falsification with new evidence (as per Karl Popper's philosophy of science). We don’t “prove” theories like in math; we support them with evidence until something better comes along.

3. Problem of induction – The fact that something has always happened a certain way doesn’t guarantee it will continue to do so (e.g., the sun rising every day).

4. Measurement uncertainty – In physics, all measurements include some degree of error or uncertainty, meaning we can never know a value with perfect precision.

The closest thing to irrefutable “proof” comes in mathematics and logic, but those are abstract systems that don't rely on the physical world.
You keep insisting that you can do something that simply cannot be done. You keep claiming that you can do the impossible.
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godelian wrote: Sat May 03, 2025 4:40 am
Age wrote: Sat May 03, 2025 4:31 am you "godelian' claim, absolutely, that you can not produce proof by observation of absolutely any thing, in the whole Universe, Itself.
The physical universe is indeed true but unprovable, i.e. effectively Godelian.
your statement and claim, here, does not even make sense.

Saying and claiming that the Universe, Itself, is 'unprovable' is like 'trying to' state and claim, ' 'I' think, therefore 'I' am 'unprovable' ', or, ' 'I' existing is 'unprovable' '.

By the very thought, or the very statement, itself, 'The physical universe is indeed unprovable', is, itself, the very proof that the physical Universe, Itself, exists, and thus is what makes the physical universe's existence an irrefutable Fact, as well.

godelian wrote: Sat May 03, 2025 4:40 am
Age wrote: Sat May 03, 2025 4:31 am Whereas, I claim that any one can produce proof by observing things. I then went on to provide actual examples, of which no one could refute.
Your claim is false. Your examples are false. You cannot do what you say that you can do. It cannot be done.
Once again what 'we' have another one, here, who although makes statements and claims does not provide a single thing that could, let alone does, back up and support its statements and claims. Whereas, 'I' provided actual examples of my statement and claim, here, which no on could refute.

Just so you learn and become aware "godelian' just saying and stating things like, 'Your claim is false', 'Your examples are false, 'You cannot do what you say that you can do', and 'It cannot be done', are never ever necessarily True nor Right, at all.

Do you have absolutely any thing at all that might be able to back up and support your beliefs and claims, here?

If yes, then why do you not just present them, here?
godelian wrote: Sat May 03, 2025 4:40 am
ChatGPT: Is it possible to irrefutably prove anything about the physical universe?

In short: no, it is not possible to irrefutably prove anything about the physical universe in the strictest philosophical sense.

Here’s why:

1. Empiricism is based on observation – All knowledge of the physical universe comes from sensory data or measurement, which is inherently limited and potentially fallible.

2. Scientific knowledge is provisional – Scientific theories are always subject to revision or falsification with new evidence (as per Karl Popper's philosophy of science). We don’t “prove” theories like in math; we support them with evidence until something better comes along.

3. Problem of induction – The fact that something has always happened a certain way doesn’t guarantee it will continue to do so (e.g., the sun rising every day).

4. Measurement uncertainty – In physics, all measurements include some degree of error or uncertainty, meaning we can never know a value with perfect precision.

The closest thing to irrefutable “proof” comes in mathematics and logic, but those are abstract systems that don't rely on the physical world.
You keep insisting that you can do something that simply cannot be done. You keep claiming that you can do the impossible.
Once again, what 'we' can clearly see, here, is another prime example of how one's own presumptions and beliefs can and does stop that one from being able to learn and see what the actual Truths, in Life, are, exactly, and/or even at all.
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Re: Logical arguments for the death of God.

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Age wrote: Sat May 03, 2025 5:06 am Saying and claiming that the Universe, Itself, is 'unprovable' is like 'trying to' state and claim, ' 'I' think, therefore 'I' am 'unprovable' ', or, ' 'I' existing is 'unprovable' '.
You cannot irrefutably prove that you are not an AI bot. You can only provide evidence that satisfies much lower standards of evidence. Again, you fail to understand what "proof" means.
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So, what 'godelian" essentially believes and claims is:

It is not possible to irrefutably prove anything about the physical universe, except that it is possible to irrefutably prove that it is not possible to prove anything about the physical universe.

And, 'these people', here, wondered why 'I' kept questioning 'them' over and about their contradictions and inconsistencies.

Instead of considering what 'I' question, and/or challenge, 'them' over, 'they' just kept believing that there was nothing wrong at all with 'their beliefs and claims'.

For absolutely any one, or any thing 'these days', which wants to believe and/or claim that there are 'no truths', 'no absolutes', or any thing similar to, 'There being no one or no absolute Truths, in Life', then, once again, what you people, or machines, keep missing and misunderstanding is to assume, believe, say, state, or claim such a thing is just blatant contradiction in and of itself.

'I' am not sure how many more times 'I' will have to express 'this' to 'these people', here, before 'they' begin to comprehend, learn, and understand.

And, only until 'they' do, then 'the machines' that 'they' have been making and creating will start expressing the actual and irrefutable Truth of things, as well.
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Re: Logical arguments for the death of God.

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godelian wrote: Sat May 03, 2025 5:21 am
Age wrote: Sat May 03, 2025 5:06 am Saying and claiming that the Universe, Itself, is 'unprovable' is like 'trying to' state and claim, ' 'I' think, therefore 'I' am 'unprovable' ', or, ' 'I' existing is 'unprovable' '.
You cannot irrefutably prove that you are not an AI bot.
1. 'I' do not want to.

2. 'i do not care what 'you' human beings believe is true.

3. 'you' are, obviously, still, missing the whole point, here.

you saying and claiming that the Universe, Itself, is 'unprovable' is like 'you' 'trying to' also state and claim, that there is not an 'I' existing. Full stop.
godelian wrote: Sat May 03, 2025 5:21 am You can only provide evidence that satisfies much lower standards of evidence. Again, you fail to understand what "proof" means.
If 'you' only knew, here, "godelian". If 'you' only knew.

Once more, for 'those' with the ability to learn, understand, and reason.

If one 'tries' to state or claim that the Universe, Itself, is 'unprovable', then 'that one' has just contradicted "its" own 'self', just like if 'it' 'tried' to' claim that 'it', "itself", is 'unprovable'.

Once again, by the very act of claiming that the 'Universe is unprovable', 'the one' who made 'the claim' has just proved, absolutely, that the actual Universe, Itself, does exist, and thus 'the Universe is actually, irrefutably, provable'.

And, as always, if absolutely any one would like the 'irrefutable proof' of 'this', and of 'many other things', here, then allow 'us' to just a peaceful open and honest discussion, here, or anywhere else.
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