tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8691997.post959281564339325205..comments2023-09-28T07:35:14.342-05:00Comments on The IOpian View: The Wisdon of Ayn Rand ?IOpianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14988039144222890107noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8691997.post-73711826331638146372008-11-04T15:17:00.000-06:002008-11-04T15:17:00.000-06:00While much of your post appears to be an argument ...While much of your post appears to be an argument for agnosticism, it seems that you <I>have</I> in fact chosen to take a definite position, based on this from your last paragraph:<BR/><BR/>"I choose to pursue the existence of a god . . ."<BR/><BR/>If that is the case, as I said previously, you are welcome to that opinion and obviously there is nothing I'm going to write that will change your chuckbutlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05949943339344119861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8691997.post-10043147822944425752008-11-03T19:23:00.000-06:002008-11-03T19:23:00.000-06:00Well let's approach it from another angle. Let's s...Well let's approach it from another angle. Let's say you and I do some empirical tests. We take a flashlight and go to a zoo or circus and we find some elephants. We shine the beam of light at its side and observe if the beam of light passes through the elephant to emerge on the other side. In all cases we determine that a simple beam of light of that intensity cannot pass through an elephant. IOpianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14988039144222890107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8691997.post-12064418299020899042008-11-03T17:11:00.000-06:002008-11-03T17:11:00.000-06:00You wrote "I can prove an elephant does not exist ...You wrote "I can prove an elephant does not exist between me and my computer screen." Unless this is another typo, you're missing the point.<BR/><BR/>Let's say you <I>believe</I> there is a cute, little pink elephant floating between you and your screen. You are perfectly free to make such an assertion, however if you'd like <I>me</I> to believe it you'll have to prove it with some kind of chuckbutlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05949943339344119861noreply@blogger.com