Saturday, September 1, 2012

Atheist by De Morgan's Law

There are different versions of De Morgan's law, but the basic idea is as follows:

Suppose A, B, and C stand for propositions. If it's not the case that A is true and B is true and C is true, then it is the case that either A is false, or B is false, or C is false.

To believe in standard Orthodox Judaism, you need to believe in a whole bunch of propositions: god exists, created the world, and spoke to the Israelites on Mt. Sinai; the Talmud reflects what god told Moses; etc.

By De Morgan's law, standard Orthodox Judaism would be false if only one of those propositions were false. So it's much easier for me to be right than y'all to be right.
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20 comments:

  1. Just like a guySeptember 1, 2012 at 10:56 PM

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6z1DidldxUo

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  2. bonneSeptember 2, 2012 at 4:06 AM

    ah, nice to see you're back in the ol game.

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  3. eSeptember 2, 2012 at 2:48 PM

    TRS: Are you saying you choose to believe things not because they are likely to be true but because they are likely to be false?

    Bonne: What else to do on a Saturday morning?

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  4. Just like a guySeptember 2, 2012 at 6:54 PM

    I wasn't aware that I had a choice in the matter.

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  5. SebastionSeptember 24, 2012 at 2:58 PM

    weeeeeeeeeak.

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  6. SebastionSeptember 24, 2012 at 2:59 PM

    "If only truth was so convenient" - Yodah Welton

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  7. eSeptember 24, 2012 at 3:47 PM

    sorry, I couldn't hear you over the sizzle of the bacon.

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  8. Anarchist ChossidMarch 22, 2013 at 5:53 AM

    What's the alternative?

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  9. eMarch 24, 2013 at 2:17 AM

    To not believe in standard orthodox judaism.

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  10. Just like a guyMarch 24, 2013 at 6:57 AM

    Is there an unstandard orthodox Judaism?

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  11. eMarch 24, 2013 at 1:53 PM

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avi_Weiss

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  12. Just like a guyMarch 25, 2013 at 9:43 AM

    Do you approve of Avi Weiss?

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  13. bonneMarch 25, 2013 at 2:09 PM

    impossible, e's the original fundy of the blogosphere.

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  14. eMarch 27, 2013 at 10:41 PM

    Do I approve of any theists?

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  15. Just like a guyMarch 29, 2013 at 12:13 AM

    Theists or theism?

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  16. eMarch 29, 2013 at 1:40 AM

    the latter.

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  17. Just like a guyMarch 29, 2013 at 10:18 AM

    And the answer is...?

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  18. eMarch 29, 2013 at 2:04 PM

    "only qualified approval"

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  19. Just like a guyMarch 29, 2013 at 5:41 PM

    Meaning?

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  20. eApril 3, 2013 at 3:11 PM

    I give qualified approval to to some kinds of theism. For example, the Baha'is get qualified approval from me.

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Forth shall ye all hold.

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