Re: Rational deference to those more likely to be right
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If Newton was a Christian now, the presumption is made that he would be able to logically refute any argument against his stance that I could think of.
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That what I mean by trying to understand. Either you would understand him and believe C (or he would recognise his mistake and believe ~C). However you believe C because you understand it, not because Newton does.
At some point you might recognise that the discussion had gone beyond your logical analysis ability at which point you reach the 'beyond me but that's what Newton says stage'
Maybe you think you would never be out of you depth but that may be because it's never happened rather than because it couldn't. Extrapolate downwards towards us lessor mortals and it may seem more reasonable.
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(to the satisfaction of professional logicians)
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I can read that two ways - does it mean that what I've said above isn't consistant with what you are saying?
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