Re: Logic

From: Philip Jonkers (P.A.E.Jonkers@phys.rug.nl)
Date: Mon Jul 23 2001 - 14:43:18 BST

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    > And (!) logic can exist within religion - it's just a behaviour after
    > all, not a worldview.

    Isn't it a twisted logic then? I mean the tenets of religion
    obviously are metaphysical and therefore not rational. To
    `explain' phenomena of the world using logic based on
    shaky grounds is bound to ultimately run into inconsistencies,
    contradictions or fruitless results. Again I refer to the fruitless
    labors of Creationist science. Also you deny a possible
    rational explanation if you adhere to religious explanation,
    e.g. claiming something to be a `divine intervention' or
    sticking to slogans such as `It was the will of God'.
    People stay ignorant if clinging to such irrational sentiments.

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