No no no.... not say, but demonstrate. There is a world of difference.
Why is homosexuality wrong?
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No no no.... not say, but demonstrate. There is a world of difference.
And in order to say that your beliefs are not wrong, you have to say that they are right.
Mashuna
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Have you tried applying probability to your ideas, JetLag? I mean, I could think that God will answer my requests, but only if I hit myself over the head with a blue teapot of a particular hue, at exactly the right moment. If he doesn't answer, it's only because I haven't found the right shade of blue, or I was slightly off on my timing.
You can't disprove this, in the sense you tend to use the word 'disprove'.
but is it likely to be true? What's the probability? Is it worth my continued experimentation to get the right shade and timing? I mean, you can't disprove it, so I might be right.
If so, how come so many philosophers disagree on so many topics?
If that had been true, a single answer could simply be found.
Most problems in philosophy are not logical problems.
Something which cannot be proven wrong cannot be proven right. Therefore, there is no way to know if it is objective right or wrong.
Many, many, things. Metaphysics, for example.
The actual evidence suggests that they don't. Witness the distressing tendency of "ex-gay" men to be found in the dark back rooms of clubs doing decidedly non-heterosexual things with other men.
Hm... As you would say - anecdotal evidence, or studies?
Well, take the hypothesis that prayer works only for people that have true faith.
Then, imagine that god somehow reveals himself, wins the million dollar challenge, explains how he created the universe, provides some miracles under controlled settings, and so on.
Then he says "Yes, I did answer prayers, but only those that were prayed with true faith.
That would be a proof of that. So, no - I don't agree that if something cannot be proven wrong, there is no way to know objectively if it is right or wrong.
What has any of this digression got to do with "Why is homosexuality wrong?" ?
And you won't know that your hypothesis is true until he does reveal himself. Until then, it is unfalsifiable, and cannot be proven correct or incorrect. The moment he reveals himself, he becomes falsifiable, JetLeg.
Blue Mountain
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JetLeg, you really should read more and post less. Of there's one thing that doesn't fly on this forum, it's hearsay. Insisting on a position without good evidence to back it up is a really fast way to lose credibility around here.