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Well, it's always possible that I know things. The point is that we cannot differentiate between what we truly know and what we think we know, but is not actually known. If, for example, I look at grass and I think it's green, it could equally be true that the grass is grue or greena. Maybe the grass really IS green. What do I know?Does this mean, you don't "know" anything?
That's very interesting... the "logical conclusion" you say. Please lay out the premises and line of reasoning that lead to that logical conclusion.Common descent of all life is established by a) The common life based chemistry including DNA as the source of heredity, and b) the nested hierarchy of life, AKA the tree of life, that shows living things related in grander and grander groupings, making the grouping of all into the general catagory "life" the logical conclusion.
As you are reading this post, look just to the left where you will see my handle (Zosimus) then scan down to the word "Faith" and look slightly to the right where you will read: Agnostic.
Would it surprise you, therefore, to hear that I am agnostic about whether Darwinism is right vs. whether God created everything?
Well, it's always possible that I know things. The point is that we cannot differentiate between what we truly know and what we think we know, but is not actually known. If, for example, I look at grass and I think it's green, it could equally be true that the grass is grue or greena. Maybe the grass really IS green. What do I know?
The Big Bang exploded because God did it.
Do you have an alternate explanation?
You have, once again, missed the point. I am not arguing that God caused the Big Bang. I am arguing that not being able to field an alternate explanation does not mean that the explanation in question must be true.Do you have evidence to back your explanation?
You have, once again, missed the point. I am not arguing that God caused the Big Bang. I am arguing that not being able to field an alternate explanation does not mean that the explanation in question must be true.
Exactly – such as bare assertions that scientific findings support the theory of common descent.
In the cases of Matthew, Mark, and Luke, it solidifies the fact that they wrote the books that bear their names.
But since nothing can be known, we can not know how to construct a framework for knowing things. Ergo, it is impossible to know anything, ever. A bleak world view, no?I subscribe to epistemological nihilism. That means that I believe that nothing can be known, and that we shouldn't even try until a workable framework for knowing things can be constructed.
But since nothing can be known, we can not know how to construct a framework for knowing things. Ergo, it is impossible to know anything, ever. A bleak world view, no?
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