Gelisgesti wrote:Mintaka? I am in contact as we speak
Yes. I was wondering whether when you stated, Mintaka, you were referring to the fictional planet in Star Trek, Delta Orionis or the Capital of Alfard Empire from the videogame, Baten Kaitos - Eternal Wings and the Lost Ocean.
Secondly, I found an interesting philosophical take on the existence of God:
Quote:Focus Magazine UK Issue #162 April 2006:
In 2002, philosopher Dale Jacquette of Pennsylvania State University, Philadelphia, put forward a definition of existence based on modal logic which he believes captures its essence. Put simply, he claims that something 'exists' if it's possible to check the consistency of any of its logically possible properties. By this definition, a table exists because its properties can be checked, and they are all logically consistent: no real table simultaneously has two and four legs, for example. But unicorns do not exist, as it's impossible even in principle to check the logical consistency of its properties.
The same test for existence can be applied to God - and according to Jacquette, the result is bad news for believers. First, if God really is beyond comprehension, there is no hope of checking the consistency of all God's logically possible properties.
