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We say that extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence but I am betting you could create ordinary claims about the supernatural that require extraordinary evidence.

Example: the deist god could make a four sided triangle.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Hi, thanks for posting.

We say that extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence but I am betting you could create ordinary claims about the supernatural that require extraordinary evidence.

Example: the deist god could make a four sided triangle.

Interesting.

The way I see this is that is both extraordinary and a non-sequitur, since a triangle can't have four sides by definition. So, once the purported deity made it have four sides it simply wouldn't be a triangle anymore by definition.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Yeah, that's a rectangle. I can make a rectangle.

Does that make me a god?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I can make a pyramid, which turns triangles into a rectangle. Therefore, I am god.