RE: Battleground God

From: Jeremy Webb (jeremywebb@atlasinteractive.com)
Date: Wed Feb 20 2002 - 01:24:04 MST


He he,

I passed the test with a medal of honour! (whatever that means)

Jed

-----Original Message-----
From: Simon McClenahan [mailto:SMcClenahan@ATTBI.com]
Sent: 19 February 2002 21:05
To: extropians@extropy.org
Subject: Battleground God

> >From http://www.philosophers.co.uk/games/god.htm
>
>
> Can your beliefs about religion make it across our intellectual
> battleground?
> In this activity you'll be asked a series of 17 questions about God and
> religion. In each case, apart from Question 1, you need to answer True or
> False. The aim of the activity is not to judge whether these answers are
> correct or not. Our battleground is that of rational consistency. This
means
> to get across without taking any hits, you'll need to answer in a way
which
> is rationally consistent. What this means is you need to avoid choosing
> answers which contradict each other. If you answer in a way which is
> rationally consistent but which has strange or unpalatable implications,
you
> 'll be forced to bite a bullet.
>
>
> I actually bit a bullet. No fair.
>
> cheers,
> Simon
>
>



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