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SoLeftIAmRight

(4,883 posts) Mon Aug 17, 2015, 06:44 PM Aug 2015

Proof of God?

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Proof of God? (Original Post) SoLeftIAmRight Aug 2015 OP

confirmed? SoLeftIAmRight Aug 2015 #1

We've been having fun with this in the religion group.... uriel1972 Aug 2015 #2

Here's the paper. The premises he uses as a starting-point are highly debatable. DetlefK Aug 2015 #3

SoLeftIAmRight

(4,883 posts)

1. confirmed?

Reply to SoLeftIAmRight (Original post)

Mon Aug 17, 2015, 06:45 PM

Aug 2015

Holy Logic: Computer Scientists 'Prove' God Exists

http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/scientists-use-computer-to-mathematically-prove-goedel-god-theorem-a-928668.html

Computer Scientists 'Prove' God Exists

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/computer-scientists-prove-god-exists/story?id=20678984

uriel1972

(4,261 posts)

2. We've been having fun with this in the religion group....

Reply to SoLeftIAmRight (Original post)

Tue Aug 18, 2015, 02:44 AM

Aug 2015

Which is probably where it belongs.

DetlefK

(16,455 posts)

3. Here's the paper. The premises he uses as a starting-point are highly debatable.

Reply to SoLeftIAmRight (Original post)

Tue Aug 18, 2015, 05:35 AM

Aug 2015

http://arxiv.org/abs/1308.4526

A1: Either a property or its negation is positive, but not both.
Gödel claims there is no morally grey zone. Instead everything is black and white.

A2: A property necessarily implied by a positive property is positive.
Counter-point: The dose makes the poison.

D1: A God-like being possesses all positive properties.
Why shouldn't God be able to be evil if he desires so?

A5: Necessary existence is a positive property.
Meh, I think it's better for some things to not exist. (Like friggin' sharks with friggin' lasers on their heads.)