When I was in U of A, some professor chated in the coffee room, "Two things we don't argue: tradition and religion." I think it was a very wise comment.
原帖由 eastroster 于 2006-6-4 01:03 发表 + x) D8 k. B1 xWhen I was in U of A, some professor chated in the coffee room, "Two things we don't argue: tradition and religion." I think it was a very wise comment.
tomgod Vs dora --- a debate in logistics , h. g) K4 r. }, U3 H7 t! H& o9 `. S: t& o
dora believes: 上帝无所不能, while tomgod does not. : b5 P+ e3 \5 U) l8 UThen tomgod tried to overthrow dora's conclusion (上帝无所不能) by finding one thing that 上帝 can not do. tomgod asked dora a tricky question (a puzzle):& v9 F* Q2 H' s( w# x
"上帝能否造一块他(她/它)都不能举起的石头????" % Z2 x8 h) K' F # x" f' Q9 M8 V+ e2 z* a8 @( aIt seemed that dora would be in a deep trap. 8 _; o% m" t0 z5 P! m
If dora answered YES, then there would a 石头上帝不能举起 --> 上帝 is not 无所不能 ; j, S4 @# I+ TIf dora answered No, then --> 上帝 is not 无所不能6 H, h7 ]. r$ s- m7 T, }
Either of these two answer would lead to " 上帝 is not 无所不能" + |& h; p+ r, X / m( G+ ], Z2 a: r. Q$ P, N However dora did not follow the usual way of thinking into tomgod's trap. dora's answer was as the following: "上帝都不能举起的石头"不存在, which means that the queston is a fake one1 ]0 n8 t$ M) j$ p
* h* Q2 T$ u% SIf the question is a fake how can you expect there should be a simple Yes or No answer for the wrong question?2 ?% o' d, p0 n9 ], R& P! R/ m! R
: k- ~4 N n- x, E. j7 ]6 xThats why I made a comment from the logic point of view "Dora's 逻辑 is correct." - o. N1 A' N; j6 z7 \