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To: FredZarguna
Thank you so much for sharing your views!

Because of your position against universals, you might be interested in viewing and commenting on this other thread which is actively debating Nominalism v Realism: If a Tree Falls in the Forest...the indivisible link between consciousness and existence.. You and I are polar opposites in that debate. LOL!

Concerning fideism, the Lurkers might be interested in reading more about it over here on Wikipedia. Again, you and I are polar opposites in the debate. But that is good to know!

153 posted on 04/06/2005 9:35:22 PM PDT by Alamo-Girl (Please donate monthly to Free Republic!)
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To: Alamo-Girl
Because of your position against universals,...

I am not opposed to universals, per se. What I claim is that they have no existence independent of God. I do not say "independent of some consciousness" as the referenced thread does (which is just a rewording of George Berkeley's [1685-1753] contention). What is the "essence" of the number 7? It is a truth that God knows, and which I, in his image, can know. Nothing more--but also nothing less. Imagine: that we can know things that are in the mind of God. That have been, that always shall be. This is a thing ignored by fideists: because of the gift of reason, we are in Eternity...even now.

200 posted on 04/06/2005 11:26:24 PM PDT by FredZarguna (Vilings Stuned my Beeber: Or, How I Learned to Live with Embarrassing NoSpellCheck Titles.)
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To: Alamo-Girl
By the way, since you've obviously an interest in epistemology and Christianity, if you haven't read this, you should: C.S. Lewis's Dangerous Idea: In Defense of the Argument from Reason by Victor Reppert. Contrary to the shallow criticism of a number of contemporary "thinkers," Lewis is someone who needs to be taken seriously, and not just by Christians.
211 posted on 04/06/2005 11:42:11 PM PDT by FredZarguna (Vilings Stuned my Beeber: Or, How I Learned to Live with Embarrassing NoSpellCheck Titles.)
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