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To: atlaw
The Law of Noncontradiction is totally impeneterable. Two contradictory statements about the same thing at the same time cannot both be true.

If my wife and I are standing before you, and you ask if my wife is pregnant, and I say "No" while my wife simultaneously says "yes", one of us HAS to be wrong. It could be that my wife hasn't told me yet, or i wanted to keep the pregnancy private, but only one of the answers would be "true".

There can be only "one truth", not "many truths".

This is not true, but I doubt the OP meant it like this. (And you probably knew that). But the Law of Noncontradiction is so true that in trying to disprove it, you prove it.

167 posted on 09/29/2006 12:35:51 PM PDT by Warren_Piece (Smart is easy. Good is hard.)
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To: Warren_Piece; Psalm 73
Straying pretty far afield from the topic of the thread, the law of non-contradiction only states that a thing cannot simultaneously be both "X" and "not X" (which itself becomes a touch problematic once you delve into quantum characteristics). But of course, that's not what Psalm 73 said. What Psalm 73 said was:

There can be only "one truth", not "many truths".

Perhaps you subscribe to the libertarian idea that each person creates his own truth . . . . If there is no one source for truth, then how do you know that the things you believe are valid - 'cause they work for you?

The statement, as qualified, certainly does not appear to be a recitation of the law of non-contradiction. And as you noted Warren_Piece, it is demonstrably false as written (and, I would venture to say, as qualified).

And in answer to the question you pose above, Psalm 73, I would say -- yes, validity is borne out by experience.

174 posted on 09/29/2006 1:06:41 PM PDT by atlaw
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