From pycyn@aol.com Sun Feb 11 07:45:44 2001 Return-Path: X-Sender: Pycyn@aol.com X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-7_0_3); 11 Feb 2001 15:45:36 -0000 Received: (qmail 23485 invoked from network); 11 Feb 2001 15:45:35 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.27) by l10.egroups.com with QMQP; 11 Feb 2001 15:45:35 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO imo-d09.mx.aol.com) (205.188.157.41) by mta2 with SMTP; 11 Feb 2001 15:45:35 -0000 Received: from Pycyn@aol.com by imo-d09.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v29.5.) id r.4e.1155a9a1 (9666) for ; Sun, 11 Feb 2001 10:45:29 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <4e.1155a9a1.27b80d99@aol.com> Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2001 10:45:29 EST Subject: RE: imaginary worlds and the death of God To: lojban@yahoogroups.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="part1_4e.1155a9a1.27b80d99_boundary" Content-Disposition: Inline X-Mailer: 6.0 sub 10501 From: pycyn@aol.com X-Yahoo-Message-Num: 5397 --part1_4e.1155a9a1.27b80d99_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit OK, so all true identities are necessary and, since all predications can be reduced to identities, all truths are necessary truths. Hence, there is only one possible world. All events therefore are determined (could not have been otherwise than they are), so there is no free will -- even for God (if there is one, which there now is not, by definition) -- and so no moral responsibility nor any just punishment (not that we can do anyting about inflicting pain on the innocent). And most of our talk is utter nonsense. Sounds about right to me. NOT. --part1_4e.1155a9a1.27b80d99_boundary Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit OK, so all true identities are necessary and, since all predications can be
reduced to identities, all truths are necessary truths.  Hence, there is only
one possible world.  All events therefore are determined (could not have been
otherwise than they are), so there is no free will -- even for God (if there
is one, which there now is not, by definition) -- and so no moral
responsibility nor any just punishment (not that we can do anyting about
inflicting pain on the innocent).  And most of our talk is utter nonsense.  
Sounds about right to me.   
NOT. --part1_4e.1155a9a1.27b80d99_boundary--