Brian Cross wrote:
"Subject: Re: Omphalos
Burgy,
>it presents a completely tight case for the>
>YEC position, one that CANNOT be refuted.
>
>(No -- I am not a YEC myself).
If it cannot be refuted, then why are you not a YEC?
Either you don't care about truth, or you think it
can (in some sense) be refuted."
You make, I think, the classical mistake of thinking there are only
two possible answers (to your own question).
Yes -- I care about truth.
No -- I think it cannot, in any sense, be refuted.
Consider the theory that you, Brian Cross, are real enough,
but you are the only entity in the universe and that you are
simply having a dream in which the rest of us appear as
characters or actors.
This theory MIGHT be true. (It is called solipism).
This theory CANNOT be refuted. It is far-fetched only in terms of what
we know -- or think we know. Radio and TV were far-fetched in terms
of what the people of 1800 knew -- or thought they knew.
Why are you not a solipsist? Don't you care about truth?
I'm sure you'd consider that an absurd question, as well as
impertinent! < G >
Best
Burgy
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