Re: Professor vs. student: Discussion on God
The statement “God exists” is not illogical … You can call it an unfounded assertion, but not illogical … For something to be illogical it has to be drawing a false conclusion.
And we don’t start with the assumption that A is true either … We suppose that with an “if” …
the subject of the thread may be about God, but this sub-discussion is about showing how logical tools help us classify and organise information coherently. And can and should do this with our beliefs. So I am showing my beliefs are consistent using logic not showing that God exists or not.
what we can say through logic is that since we cannot prove God does or does not exist. Therefore we can suppose He does or does not exist. So for an atheist is quite ok for them to say … “Since God does not exist, therefore x,y,z happened” that gives the theists a chance to cross-check the logic, and vice-versa.
like some statements …
If Qur’an is Divinely Authored then it follows it will be fault free. (based on an agreed understanding of what is Divine).
Or the reverse approach …
If God did not exist then x,y,z could not have happened … And so on.