“Biologists discover the evolutionary roots of religion!”
“Biologists discover the evolutionary roots of food!”
In the second case, we uncontroversially see that food meets a need integral to vital human nature. In the first case, we see a similar instance of integral satisfaction. If God is an illusion generated by natural selection, then so is caloric consumption. [...]
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If there is no such thing as a straight line, there is no such thing as a crooked line.
Likewise, if there is no such thing as truth, there is no such thing as lying.
If no one is ever absolutely right, no one is ever absolutely wrong, and therefore no one is ever absolutely guilty of [...]
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Is Truth True?
Elliot Bougis
When I proposed (in appallingly feeble Latin) a motto, which was revised by my Latinate superiors thus: Potest veritas se defendere (Truth can defend itself), someone brought up Pilate’s question to Christ, “Quid est veritas? What is truth?” and asked me for some help in responding to arguments against truth in favor [...]
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