This thought experiment will likely offend everyone on some level, religious and non-religious alike. My intention is to offend no one, but sometimes it cannot be avoided. I will also pursue some logical absurdities to their limits in order to flush out some key ideas. Hang on; this is going to be a mind bender.
Paraphrasing Ayn Rand: Contradictions cannot and do not exist. If you find yourself faced with a contradiction, check your premises. You will find that one or more of them are wrong.
I don't know about that. But when something doesn't make sense to me, I try to begin at the beginning in an attempt to figure out why it doesn't make sense. Sometimes I succeed. 😉
Paraphrasing Ayn Rand: Contradictions cannot and do not exist. If you find yourself faced with a contradiction, check your premises. You will find that one or more of them are wrong.
You must be a Logician!
I don't know about that. But when something doesn't make sense to me, I try to begin at the beginning in an attempt to figure out why it doesn't make sense. Sometimes I succeed. 😉
> "This statement is false." … This creates a paradox.
No paradox here. All statements are true, always. The contents of the statement may be true or false or both or neither.