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Philosophical Theories |
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"Everything in moderation. Nothing in excess." Greek Adage |
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"Know thyself." Found on the oracle at Delphi and later attributed to Socrates |
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"Everything in proportion. Nothing in excess." RT's version of the Greek Adage |
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Theory of Balance: |
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Everything is balanced. This comment encompasses matter, understanding, time and space. One of the basic laws of science is the first law of thermodynamics. Energy cannot be created nor destroyed. Everything is a form of energy (matter, light, heat) Energy is a constant. Everything is constant. Since everything is constant, everything is balanced. Everything is perfectly proportioned to maintain this constant. |
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Theories of God's Existence: |
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I. Ontological: TTWNGCBC (Anselm) Logistics: 1. Things exist in reality (a chair), in understanding (something upon which I can sit), or in both. Something that exists in both of these is obviously "greater" than something that exists in merely one. 2. There are three types of beings: infinite (God), finite (People), and "rocks and stuff" (I have to have fun, this is philosophy!). Infinite beings are at the apex of the hierarchy of beings. 3. Something on one level can only affect and conceive of (think of by way of our the being's own mind and fully understand) something that is on its own level or a lower level. Allow: 1. People think of God. 2. God is an infinite being. God is, necessarily, That Than Which Nothing Greater Can Be Conceived. 3. Although we cannot fully understand a being such as God - given that we are finite beings - we understand, to the best of our limited knowledge, what God is, TTWNGCBC. Keep in mind that we are finite beings and can never fully conceive of or understand God. 4. Because, as finite beings, we have an idea of God, an infinite being - and given that we are on a lower level than God and cannot, therefore, conceive of God - an infinite being must have put the idea of God in our minds. Conclusion: Therefore, there is a God.
However, this does not prove that God exists in reality. God may exist in our understanding, but the question of God's reality has not been satisfied.
God exists in our minds because we think of God. God is TTWNGCBC. The greatest forms of things exist both in reality and in our minds. Therefore, since God is TTWNGCBC, God must, necessarily exist both in our minds and in reality. |
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II. Cosmological: Prime Mover (Aquinas) Logistics: 1. Newton's first law states that an object in motion/at rest stays in motion/at rest unless acted upon by an outside force. 2. Everything in the universe is in motion as a reaction to everything else. Allow: 1. This digression of movers cannot be infinite. 2. There must, necessarily, have been a prime/unmoved mover. Conclusion: This Prime/Unmoved Mover is God. |
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Point/Counter-Point |
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*~ In this section I will present a statement or pose a question. Following it will be a statement supporting or refuting the statement or an answer to the question. This is the only page to which I ask the general public to contribute. I will post any statements or questions e-mailed to me and do my best to support, refute, or answer. I will include your name and, if you want, your e-mail address and/or screename(ICQ,AIM,Yahoo!Messenger,etc.). Enjoy! ~* |
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I. Point: One only knows something because one believes that one knows. One can never actually know anything. Counterpoint: If this is true, then it must be applied to all things, including the idea itself. When this idea is applied to itself, it reults in a conflict of term (it cannot be because what it states refutes what it is). If you make the "Point," then you know that "one only knows somethign because one believes that one knows. One can never actually know anything." However, if this statement is true (One can never actually know anything), then one cannot even know the statement. |
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I hope to have more on this soon, but this page takes much time, I'm sure you understand. For further philosophical theories, see RTPhilosophy on the Home page. |
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