Is the Mind Too Insecure or Frightened to Know that There Is No God?

[Beaudreaux]

Good example. But is the "truth proposition" equal? Your "truth proposition" is that you will win and his "truth propostion" is that you will lose.

The truth proposition "you will lose" is the same as the truth proposition "you will not win." The Casino is saying my claim that I will win is false. I am saying it is true. One of us is wrong, the other is right. Happens everyday.

 

[Willamena]

The truth proposition "you will lose" is the same as the truth proposition "you will not win." The Casino is saying my claim that I will win is false. I am saying it is true. One of us is wrong, the other is right. Happens everyday.

But again, the proposition "you will not win" is not the same as the proposition "I will win", nor does it occur in the same context. Both propositions address 'winning' as the subject, not 'your claim' as the subject. Your context is a "lucky day" and the Casino's context is odds and statistics.

For the Casino, the prediction based on odds and statistics makes for a truthful claim that the odds are in their favour. For you, the prediction based on your claim that the day is lucky makes for a truthful claim based on your experiences and relation with luck. Two claims about two essentially different things.

 

[Bawb]

I hurd god yellign at me one day wen i woke up, thats enuff proof for me