heres a nice game we all put paradoxes and see who makes the best
i will start.
can god make a rock so big that even he cant lift it?
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Can someone post a topic in the correct forum?
QUOTE(Arthur Vandolay @ May 31 2007, 11:57 AM) [snapback]1702190[/snapback]
Can someone post a topic in the correct forum?
LOL.. nicely said.
To the OP... He can, but if he can't lift something he calls me.
Paradox?
The below statement is true.
The above statement is false.
The below statement is true.
The above statement is false.
QUOTE(star_wars @ May 31 2007, 06:42 PM) [snapback]1702183[/snapback]
heres a nice game we all put paradoxes and see who makes the best
i will start.
can god make a rock so big that even he cant lift it?
i will start.
can god make a rock so big that even he cant lift it?
he can make rock so big which he can't lift and at the same time he can lift it
my answer is also caonfusing but i do understand your paradox
QUOTE(Arthur Vandolay @ May 31 2007, 06:57 PM) [snapback]1702190[/snapback]
Can someone post a topic in the correct forum?
You arnt very clever are you? Why is it that "paradox" something that is essentially philosophical is in the wrong section if it is in a metaphysics forum, the closest forum to a philosophy forum on Unexplained Mysteries?? You obviously dont think much or have philosophized much.
QUOTE(brave_new_world @ Jun 1 2007, 06:19 AM) [snapback]1703886[/snapback]
You arnt very clever are you? Why is it that "paradox" something that is essentially philosophical is in the wrong section if it is in a metaphysics forum, the closest forum to a philosophy forum on Unexplained Mysteries?? You obviously dont think much or have philosophized much.
What a nice way to insult someone, almost as good as mine
Keep trying and I am sure someone will cry foul at your attempt to insult.A paradox is not a rhetoricle question either, if we want to get technical. First off we don't even know if a god exists. Other than hearsay and more hearsay. So it doesn't really count as a paradox. Now me existing in the now, not existing yet, and already existed. That is a paradox.
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and judging from your post it was made before the thread was moved
Keep trying my friend, but it appears I was right this time.
QUOTE(Arthur Vandolay @ Jun 2 2007, 05:57 PM) [snapback]1705346[/snapback]
A paradox is not a rhetoricle question either, if we want to get technical. First off we don't even know if a god exists. Other than hearsay and more hearsay. So it doesn't really count as a paradox. Now me existing in the now, not existing yet, and already existed. That is a paradox.
Who are you to say what counts as a paradox? As for proving whether God exists it can be proven via mystical experience. This too is a pardox which can be in a metaphysics section:
That which we can imagine is illusion but that which we cant imagine is reality.
It makes me laugh. Why would you even bother going into someone elses thread only to say "can someone post a topic in the correct forum?"
What a loser. Who cares whether the person who started the thread asked a rhetoricle question instead of what is deemed a proper paradox. Why should we be overly political correct in unexplained mysteries anyway?
Q: Can you throw a stone at a glass house if the glass is bullet proof? A: No unless you want to scratch the glass.
Q: Can God? A: No, if God can't lift the stone.
Q: What if there was an 8 ton boulder in the yard and God couldn't lift it to throw at the house? A: It doesn't matter the house is bulletproof, and alot bigger and heavier.
Q: If God can lift the stone, can't he crush the whole house anyway? A: Yes, but why crush a good house to live in - even if it's bullet proof.
Q: Why throw a stone at a glass house? A: So the glass is destroyed beyond recognition, of course, unless it's bulletproof.
Q: What if the yard is all gravel? A: There wouldn't be a glass house, there woul'd be a yard full of gravel.
Q: Woul'd the mailbox be made of glass? A: Yes, bullet proof, just in case someone wants to take a bat to it.
Q: Can God? A: No, if God can't lift the stone.
Q: What if there was an 8 ton boulder in the yard and God couldn't lift it to throw at the house? A: It doesn't matter the house is bulletproof, and alot bigger and heavier.
Q: If God can lift the stone, can't he crush the whole house anyway? A: Yes, but why crush a good house to live in - even if it's bullet proof.
Q: Why throw a stone at a glass house? A: So the glass is destroyed beyond recognition, of course, unless it's bulletproof.
Q: What if the yard is all gravel? A: There wouldn't be a glass house, there woul'd be a yard full of gravel.
Q: Woul'd the mailbox be made of glass? A: Yes, bullet proof, just in case someone wants to take a bat to it.
where is the beginning of the loop?
well actually i don't know if that one counts as a paradox
well actually i don't know if that one counts as a paradox
QUOTE(brave_new_world @ Jun 2 2007, 06:19 AM) [snapback]1705399[/snapback]
Who are you to say what counts as a paradox? As for proving whether God exists it can be proven via mystical experience. This too is a pardox which can be in a metaphysics section:
That which we can imagine is illusion but that which we cant imagine is reality.
It makes me laugh. Why would you even bother going into someone elses thread only to say "can someone post a topic in the correct forum?"
What a loser. Who cares whether the person who started the thread asked a rhetoricle question instead of what is deemed a proper paradox. Why should we be overly political correct in unexplained mysteries anyway?
That which we can imagine is illusion but that which we cant imagine is reality.
It makes me laugh. Why would you even bother going into someone elses thread only to say "can someone post a topic in the correct forum?"
What a loser. Who cares whether the person who started the thread asked a rhetoricle question instead of what is deemed a proper paradox. Why should we be overly political correct in unexplained mysteries anyway?
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par·a·dox /ˈpćrəˌdɒks/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[par-uh-doks] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–noun 1. a statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth.
2. a self-contradictory and false proposition.
3. any person, thing, or situation exhibiting an apparently contradictory nature.
4. an opinion or statement contrary to commonly accepted opinion.
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[Origin: 1530–40; < L paradoxum < Gk parádoxon, n. use of neut. of parádoxos unbelievable, lit., beyond belief. See para-1, orthodox]
–noun 1. a statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth.
2. a self-contradictory and false proposition.
3. any person, thing, or situation exhibiting an apparently contradictory nature.
4. an opinion or statement contrary to commonly accepted opinion.
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[Origin: 1530–40; < L paradoxum < Gk parádoxon, n. use of neut. of parádoxos unbelievable, lit., beyond belief. See para-1, orthodox]
Well well, appears we are both correct. (Thats who I am to say what a paradox is)
And why so rude? I didn't question your intelligence. Nor call you names. How's that for a paradox, A human who does not judge.
QUOTE(brave_new_world)
You arnt very clever are you?
What a loser.
What a loser.
Enough with the personal insults please, if you can't post a civil response then it's best not to post at all.
Lets keep this thread on topic before it ends up having to be closed.
QUOTE(Arthur Vandolay @ Jun 3 2007, 06:08 PM) [snapback]1706652[/snapback]
Well well, appears we are both correct. (Thats who I am to say what a paradox is)
And why so rude? I didn't question your intelligence. Nor call you names. How's that for a paradox, A human who does not judge.
And why so rude? I didn't question your intelligence. Nor call you names. How's that for a paradox, A human who does not judge.
According to the dictionary definition you posted, asking God to create a rock that he cant lift is a paradox because it is contradictory by nature. Also I apologize if I was rude however it annoys me when people come into other peoples threads just to complain it is in the wrong section especially when it isnt.
The paradox in my Q&A section is that it's a question a pychologist asks you to find out if your destructive or not. Or self destructive. The idea that God can't lift the stone is almost as pointless as living in the house itself. But, what if the house is bulletproof? Well, the thing is, I didn't mention a gun. The other point is, if the glass is bulletproof, your only scratching the glass. Unless you drop the boulder on the house. Which destroys the house, so you can't live in it. If you can't live in it, well, it's not like you can't lift the boulder with a crane right? Why destroy the house?
So why scratch the glass when you can do a lot less destruction, by proving you can lift the boulder with a crane, rather than to have God do it?
What if you don't believe in God?
Why destroy the house when you can just scratch the glass and just be destructive, without being self destructive and not being able to live in the house?
Why even do that when you can be 'protective' of yourself to make sure no one can shoot at the house, and hurt you?
Why do you have a reason anyone woul'd want to shoot a gun at you or the house?
To BNW.. It isn't about 'asking' God to lift the stone. It's asking another person if they think he can, that he can create.
So why scratch the glass when you can do a lot less destruction, by proving you can lift the boulder with a crane, rather than to have God do it?
What if you don't believe in God?
Why destroy the house when you can just scratch the glass and just be destructive, without being self destructive and not being able to live in the house?
Why even do that when you can be 'protective' of yourself to make sure no one can shoot at the house, and hurt you?
Why do you have a reason anyone woul'd want to shoot a gun at you or the house?
To BNW.. It isn't about 'asking' God to lift the stone. It's asking another person if they think he can, that he can create.
nice paradoxes 
*ignores the fight*
*ignores the fight*
I thought Brave New World brought it up but now it's Star Wars~
~Paradoxes are not made for fights. They are purely made to make you think. Even if you don't want to think about it. It makes you think. & NOT fight.
The thing is BNW brought it up as a game. Well BNW... Paradoxes or 'A' paradox is not a game. It's not meant to be a game. So therefore it seems as though you may be the one to use it as a game and not a test. A paradox is a test of the mind. To figure out what the actual loop is. What it represents. The question and the answer.
~Paradoxes are not made for fights. They are purely made to make you think. Even if you don't want to think about it. It makes you think. & NOT fight.
The thing is BNW brought it up as a game. Well BNW... Paradoxes or 'A' paradox is not a game. It's not meant to be a game. So therefore it seems as though you may be the one to use it as a game and not a test. A paradox is a test of the mind. To figure out what the actual loop is. What it represents. The question and the answer.
Two mallards flying side by side over the prairies.
Oh! Sorry that’s a pair of ducks
Oh! Sorry that’s a pair of ducks
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