Poemranker [Replying] Fri Nov 22 01:22:19 PST 2024

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Why Did God Do This To Me? (Free verse) by TripleHGurl

Sometimes I think Why? Why aren't you here? For me to hold, For me to care for. Sometimes I believe You may be here; spiritually That your always with me That you stay with me till I sleep Sometimes I think Why? Why did God make you leave? Why did you agree? Why won't you come back to me?

-=Dark_Angel=-, P.I.

28-Oct-02/12:16 PM

what...I can't understand this...too many...ellipses...

Look. You may well "feel" that what the Bible says is true, but that is no basis for *asserting* that it's true. If you say that what the Bible says is true, it follows that you say that part of what the Koran says is not true, since some of what the Bible says contradicts some of what the Koran says. But people who say that all of what the Koran says is true feel it is true just as much as you feel that what the Bible says is true. You can't both be right, so either you're wrong, they're wrong, or you're both wrong.

It seems hard to argue for either of the first two cases, since by your admission the *only* thing we have to go on in this case is what people "feel" is true, and neither side has an advantage in this respect. For lack of evidence, then, I can only conclude that you're both wrong.

Replying to this by saying "I don't care if it's logical or not; I just believe in my heart that it's true" will not make sense. Unless, that is, you are not only using a magical, vague notion of "believe" but also a magical, vague notion of "is true".

I would like a definition of what it is to believe 'X' in one's heart. As far as I can tell this is just another way of saying you "feel" that 'X' is true. If so, I would like an explanation of how "feeling" that 'X' is true is different from "believing" that 'X' is true. I would also like to hear what you mean by "is true". My necessary and sufficient conditions are: 'X' is true if and only if X. Please tell me your necessary and sufficient conditions for proposition 'X' to be true.

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