Familiarity with Gödel's Incompleteness theorem is a necessary prerequisite for this argument I am attempting to make.
Lets jump right in. I have heard it asserted that God does not exist because he cannot be proven. This assertion is absurd in not only confusing the absence of evidence for the evidence of absence; It allows for a counter assertion to be made to such pompous non believers.
Inasmuch that Gödel's Incompleteness theorem shows that it is impossible to prove that Mathematics is logically consistent, it must be believed that math itself is irrational. There is no proof of its logical consistency.
Without Mathematics to prop up modern science, the unwitting, amateur atheist has logically rejected the very cornerstone of all reason and pulls his own worldview down upon him, shaken by the cognitive dissonance that would result if they really did reject mathematics.
Perhaps they take their belief in its logical consistency... On faith?
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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.I had never heard this argument before, but it seems flawed.
Essentially you are doing a proof by contradiction. [en.wikipedia.org]
You assume the atheist claim that "God does not exist because He cannot be proven."
And then you show that this means that math is irrational which is a contradiction.
"Inasmuch that Gödel's Incompleteness theorem shows that it is impossible to prove that Mathematics is logically consistent, it must be believed that math itself is irrational."
And then this would mean that "God does not exist because He cannot be proven." is false.
One way for this to be false would be,
"God does exist even though He cannot be proven." which would be a theist claim, and it seems this is what you are implying.
Another way for this to be false would be,
"God may or may not exist, regardless of whether or not He can be proven." which would be an agnostic claim. [en.wikipedia.org]
enbi
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Apr 2, 2019
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All arguments are flawed. And this is a very specific argument to show an inconsistency in the logic of this particular Atheist view, which I know not all Atheists hold.
enbi:
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We agree. Your argument shows an inconsistency in the logic of this particular atheist view.
I had read between the lines, and assumed you were trying to imply the existence of God with your argument. I went back and re-read your original post slowly. What you wrote is really only a criticism of an atheist view. As such your argument is fine.
Now I'm curious, in what ways are all arguments flawed?
Are you saying that mathematics is NOT absolute?
blaird
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Mar 11, 2019
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Math defies logic. That's about as bold an assertion as I'll make in that regard
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