Tuesday, October 11, 2005
Is there absolute proof that G–d exists?
"Is there absolute proof that G–d exists?
No. There is no absolute proof for anything at all. One of the conditions of intellect is that anything that can be intellectually proven can also be questioned. To put it another way, if it cannot be disproved, it is not an intellectual argument.
This “Principle of Falsification” was demonstrated by the great British philosopher, Karl Popper, and is generally accepted in scientific and philosophical circles today. It is also in consonance with the Talmudic position.
Furthermore, every intellectual argument requires axioms, which themselves cannot be proven. This was demonstrated in the 19th century by Karl F. Gauss, called by some the “greatest mathematician who ever lived,” who began to question the absoluteness of Euclid’s axioms. Later, in the 20th century, American mathematician Kurt Gödel demonstrated logically that no system can be proven without evidence from beyond that system. His paper was hailed universally as one of the most outstanding contributions to mathematics and philosophy in history.
In sum: Human logic cannot prove anything absolutely. For absolute knowledge, you’ll have to find some other tool......"
No. There is no absolute proof for anything at all. One of the conditions of intellect is that anything that can be intellectually proven can also be questioned. To put it another way, if it cannot be disproved, it is not an intellectual argument.
This “Principle of Falsification” was demonstrated by the great British philosopher, Karl Popper, and is generally accepted in scientific and philosophical circles today. It is also in consonance with the Talmudic position.
Furthermore, every intellectual argument requires axioms, which themselves cannot be proven. This was demonstrated in the 19th century by Karl F. Gauss, called by some the “greatest mathematician who ever lived,” who began to question the absoluteness of Euclid’s axioms. Later, in the 20th century, American mathematician Kurt Gödel demonstrated logically that no system can be proven without evidence from beyond that system. His paper was hailed universally as one of the most outstanding contributions to mathematics and philosophy in history.
In sum: Human logic cannot prove anything absolutely. For absolute knowledge, you’ll have to find some other tool......"
