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	Argument from inconsistent revelations - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Argument from Inconsistent Revelations, also known as the Avoiding the Wrong Hell Problem, is an argument against the existence of God.
		Since a person not privy to revelation must either accept it or reject it based solely upon the authority of its proponent, and there is no way for a mere mortal to resolve these conflicting claims by investigation, it is prudent to reserve one's judgment.
		The presence of a testable proposition in a revelation may provide a way to assess the credentials of the prophet who claims to speak for a deity; an error about an inter-subjectively demonstrable fact casts doubt on the remaining propositions that cannot be verified.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Argument_from_inconsistent_revelations (624 words)

	god - Article and Reference from OnPedia.com
		Cosmological arguments, or First Cause arguments, contend that the existence of the universe requires a self-sufficient prime mover, which can be called God.
		Teleological arguments, or Arguments from Design, argue that the universe and its component parts display a compex and purposeful functionality that can only be the result of a designer, which can be called God.
		Argument against the Cosmological argument: The universe is a cause and effect system.
	www.onpedia.com /encyclopedia/God (3785 words)

	Pascal's Wager - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Also, in the many human societies where belief in a particular religion is rewarded by economic and social benefits, the wager permits the hidden addition of such benefits to the wager, and many memeticists (those who work with concept of the meme) believe that this forms much of the unconscious core of religious belief.
		This is the solecism known as the argument from inconsistent revelations, though not all religions (for example, Sanathana Dharma and Pantheism) suffer from it.
		Another common argument against the wager is that a belief in a god or religion based solely on the expectation of a reward (and, conversely, the fear of punishment) is not a valid belief.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pascal's_Wager (2749 words)

	God - Free Encyclopedia of Thelema
		Cosmological arguments contend that the existence of the universe is contingent upon the existence of God.
		Teleological arguments argue that the structure of aspects of the Cosmos, such that the high level of complexity seen in the universe or the apparent fine-tuning of physical constants, require a divine designer.
		Some atheistic arguments follow a burden of proof line of reasoning, claiming that the existence of a God is an extraordinary claim that should be rejected until proven otherwise by a preponderance of empirical evidence.
	www.egnu.org /thelema/index.php/God (3455 words)

	God (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Ontological arguments argue God exists by necessity or definition, so that the existance of ideas about God prove the existence of God.
		Cosmological arguments, or First Cause arguments, contend that the existence of the universe requires a self-sufficient prime mover, which can be called “God.”;
		Teleological arguments, or Arguments from Design, argue that the universe and its component parts display a complex functionality that can only be the result of what must be an intellegent designer that can be called “God.”;
	www.worldslastchance.com /encyclopedia/index.php/God (4482 words)

	Pascal's Wager: Encyclopedia topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Pascal specifically aimed the argument at such persons who were not convinced by traditional arguments for the existence of God (arguments for the existence of God: many arguments for the existence of god exist....
		This is the solecism (solecism: A socially awkward or tactless act) known as the argument from inconsistent revelations (argument from inconsistent revelations: the argument from inconsistent revelations, also known as the avoiding the wrong hell problem,...
		There is also the argument that one could "game" the wager in a scenario where the deathbed conversion (deathbed conversion: a deathbed conversion is the adoption of a particular religious faith, typically to some...
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /reference/pascals_wager (2044 words)

	Is Mary my Mother? A look at Revelation 12
		Note also that the woman mentioned in Revelation 12 “fled into the wilderness where she had a place prepared by God, so that there she might be nourished for one thousand two hundred and sixty days” (verse 6).
		Of course, in order for our exegesis of the passage of Revelation to be consistent, the main way of interpreting Revelation 12 would have the woman be Mary, as she is the only individual who would qualify to be the mother of the Messiah.
		As we have seen the striking parallels between Revelation 12 and Genesis 3, and the fact that the woman of Revelation 12 is in fact the woman of Genesis 3:15, it is interesting that in their interpretation of Genesis 3:15, they do not even pretend to find 'Israel' as the 'woman' of Genesis 3.
	matt1618.freeyellow.com /woman.html (10607 words)

	god war information
		- Cosmological arguments contend that the existence of the universe is contingent upon the existence of God.
		- Teleological arguments argue that the structure of aspects of the Cosmos, such that the high level of complexity seen in the universe or the apparent fine-tuning of physical constants, require a divine designer.
		- Some atheistic arguments follow a burden of proof line of reasoning, claiming that the existence of a God is an extraordinary claim that should be rejected until proven otherwise by a preponderance of empirical evidence.
	www.war-against-terror.net /god-war.htm (3411 words)

	God
		Ontological arguments argue God exists by necessity or definition - that God's existence can be determined from consideration of his nature alone.
		Teleological arguments argue that the structure of aspects of the Cosmos, such that the high level of complexity seen in our universe or the apparent fine-tuning of physical constants, require a divine designer.
		Others believe that revelation is channeled through divinely sanctioned religious institutions, and still other, more mystically oriented religions, believe that revelation is generally available to all people.
	www.findthelinks.com /Religion/God.htm (4328 words)

	Privatization and Educational Choice privbook.htm
		Inasmuch as they are doing so with the knowledge, cooperation, and financial support of public school systems, the dumping ground argument appears inconsistent, even hypocritical; the antivoucher forces are not objecting to dumping grounds as long as they are in private schools.
		It would be surprising if any such argument could be used effectively to block housing vouchers; it calls for immediate concrete restrictions on freedom to improve one's situation in exchange for amorphous long-range benefits to others.
		On the other hand, a strong argument has been made that the students who transfer as the result of a voucher plan are more likely to be from lower-income families.1 The reason is that the small amount of the vouchers is not likely to have deterred affluent parents.
	www.educationpolicy.org /files/privbook/privboo7.htm (11692 words)

	Reasons To Believe: Facts For Faith Issue 6, 2001
		A number of arguments imply something is true of the mind or its states, and not of the brain or its states, or vice versa.
		A second argument for property/event dualism is the Knowledge Argument, variously formulated by Thomas Nagel, Frank Jackson, and Saul Kripke.
		To appreciate the argument, it is necessary to focus on the nature of self-presenting properties and three kinds of knowledge.
	www.reasons.org /resources/fff/2001issue06/index.shtml (18184 words)

	Debatepoint (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The argument from inconsistent revelations [en.wikipedia.org] contests the existence of the middle eastern, biblical deity called God as described in holy scriptures, such as the Jewish Tanakh, the Christian Bible, or the Muslim Qur'an, by identifying contradictions between different scriptures, contradictions within a single scripture, or contradictions between scripture and known facts.
		The Transcendental Argument for the Non-existence of God [en.wikipedia.org] contests the existence of an intelligent Creator God by demonstrating that such a being would make logic and morality contingent, which is incompatible with the presuppositionalist assertion that they are necessary, and contradicts the efficacy of science.
		The atheist-existentialist argument for the non-existence of God, if God is supposed to be a perfect sentient being: As presented by Jean-Paul Sartre in Being and Nothingness [en.wikipedia.org], it states that since existence precedes essence, it follows from the meaning of the term sentient that a sentient being cannot be complete or perfect.
	www.debatepoint.com /debate.php?sid=59 (5400 words)

	The Temporal Doorway - A Critique of the Paranormal UFO Theories of Vallee and Keel
		This section of the document critiques the conclusions of that paper, using the abstract of the paper as the basis for its structure.
		Yet as with his assumption of non-human form as the norm, it is unknown as to whether the conditions of life in general and intelligent life in specific might not lead to similar emotional structures.
		The closest that Vallee comes in the Revelations appendix to justifying this is to say that there are "objects and beings that appear and disappear suddenly, to change their shapes in continuous fashion and to merge with other physical objects".
	www.temporaldoorway.com /ufo/hypotheses/critiqueofparanormal.htm (4955 words)

	Metaphysics of God (as One Infinite Eternal Substance)
		Human overpopulation resulting in pollution of air food and water, the destruction of Nature (with radical climate change a likely result), and the endless conflicts that arise when our societies are founded on custom / myth rather than truth (our current world / society).
		Ontological arguments argue God exists by necessity or definition — that God's existence can be determined from consideration of God's nature alone.
		Teleological arguments, or Arguments from Design, argue that the universe and its component parts display a complex and purposeful functionality that can only be the result of a designer, which can be called “God.”;
	www.spaceandmotion.com /metaphysics-god-substance.htm (4653 words)

	Discover Vancouver Forum -
		He went as far as saying that he did "not believe in the Bible as a divine revelation", but was always insistent that he was agnostic and had "never been an atheist".
		The cosmological argument attempts to prove that a First Cause exists, but does not even attempt to ascribe this First Cause with attributes necessary to call it "God," not even with extremely basic prerequisites such as self-awareness and will.
		Modern quantum physics is sometimes taken to deny the validity of the Cosmological argument, asserting that subatomic particles such as electrons, positrons, and photons, can come into existence, and perish, by virtue of spontaneous energy fluctuations in a vacuum.
	www.discovervancouver.com /forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=25477 (4073 words)

	SI.com - Magazine - From SI: Another Kobe bombshell - Tuesday August 31, 2004 1:13PM
		The nurses, noting the subject had not showered or douched since the encounter, described the injuries as genital "trauma" inconsistent with consensual sex.
		Based on the publicly released DNA evidence in the case, Ronald Singer, president of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, and Alan Keel, a criminalist and DNA expert, both told SI that Johnson's argument that Mr.
		X is inconsistent with a sexual encounter after one with Bryant.
	sportsillustrated.cnn.com /2004/magazine/08/31/scorecard0906 (1543 words)

	BBTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog Discussion :: N.Y. Daily News: Madden: Big Mac a real long shot in first crack at Fame (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		While you could make such an argument to contractual duties (albeit it would be more akin to laches than positivism), you certainly can't apply it to an honorific, a vote, and to a third party group that is making a decision.
		I don't think, outside of argumentative passion, that anyone is seriously saying a steroid user is a model citizen and was merely exercising his right to be more competitive.
		I'm not making an argument about whether one can squint and twist one's head to claim that "steroids weren't against the rules", or argue that no penalty, or no enforcement, means that it wasn't "really" against the rules.
	www.baseballthinkfactory.org /files/newsstand/discussion/35656/P100 (15080 words)

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		An employer's statements, par- ticularly during the course of antiunion speeches to as- sembled employees, must be analyzed in terms of the economic dependence of employees and their tendency to pick up more readily intended implications by the em- ployer than would a disinterested listener.
		Gissel Packing Co., 395 U.S. The em- ployees knew of Zalim's revelations and his conduct had resulted in much talk among the employees and a con- sensus that he should be barred from attending future union meetings.
		He also said that he had been working with the DNR on the "problem," presumably his noncompliance with air pol- lution regulations, "for approximately the past year" and that the DNR was exhibiting "toughness" in enforcing air pollution standards.
	www.nlrb.gov /nlrb/shared_files/decisions/288/288-518.txt (19177 words)

	Ethics and Professions: Third Exam: Questions
		Sissela Bok offers four arguments (which she calls "premises") for a duty of confidentiality between client and a professional.
		Later revelations of these payments helped lead to the resignation of Tanaka and also to new laws in the United States forbidding payments such as these.
		That is, he viewed the secretive payments as the accepted practice in Japan's government circles for this type of sale.
	www.uark.edu /campus-resources/rlee/ethpsu04/exam3q.html (2444 words)

	RADIO FREE EUROPE/ RADIO LIBERTY
		Hence, it might be argued, a plurality of Romanian voters opted for the "leftist" program of the PSD, but not for the person who claimed to embody that program; furthermore, one might argue that this is also an indication that the well-known syndrome of paternalism is on its way out.
		The PSD was clearly counting on Iliescu's ability to mingle with the crowds, displaying his by-now famous smile and air of "one of you folks" that had significantly contributed to his electoral successes in three presidential races (1990, 1992, 2000).
		According to Carey, in 1992 "the rigging was done subtly, changing results on the margins of electoral system rules, while maintaining results not too inconsistent with overall public opinion, and consequently producing a transition from post-totalitarianism to an electoral authoritarian regime" (Carey, 2004, p.
	www.rferl.org /reports/eepreport (7802 words)

	Inside Saddam's secret nuclear program \| thebulletin.org
		Then, after Hussein Kamel, Saddam's son-in-law and head of the Ministry of Industry and Military Industrialization, defected in August 1995, his revelations about the scope and intensity of the nuclear weapons program threatened the credibility of the government's denial.
		In response to Kamel's defection, the Iraqi government produced the so-called "chicken farm documents." Several days after Kamel fled to Jordan, senior UNSCOM and Action Team officials were taken to Kamel's farm, where a half-million-page cache of documents was stashed in a shed.
		The layout of the official title pages was also inconsistent with authentic Iraqi documents, suggesting that they were merely a poor imitation of official papers.
	www.thebulletin.org /article.php?art_ofn=so98hamza (5286 words)

	inconsistent - OneLook Dictionary Search
		inconsistent : Compact Oxford English Dictionary [home, info]
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		Phrases that include inconsistent: argument from inconsistent revelations, inconsistent mathematics, inconsistent trinity, irreducible inconsistent subsystem, onverenigbaar inconsistent, more...
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	The Command Post - Iraq - More on France - aid and comfort
		The argument that "The US has acted in an unethical manner in similar prior situation and thus it should not act in an ethical manner now" is a type of ad hominem.
		When you argue that a person's argument is compromised because of who they are or what they've done, you are arguing to the man. There is no reason why the phrase can't be extended to cover the sense in which Mark used it.
		The anti-war response that "the US has inconsistently applied its doctrine of intervening in favour of human rights" is no response to the argument that interveing in Iraq to promote the human rights of its citizens was ethically worthwile.
	www.command-post.org /archives/006570.html (7967 words)

	Media Matters - Ex-Clinton official Schmidt's defense of warrantless wiretaps, cited by York and Angle, rife with ...
		Ex-Clinton official Schmidt's defense of warrantless wiretaps, cited by York and Angle, rife with inaccuracy, empty arguments, and unwarranted credulity
		So her argument was not that the president could go beyond FISA, as Schmidt wrote, but that FISA did not then apply to physical searches.
		Bush's argument must then be either, I am not bound by a law signed by another President or when another President signed FISA he retained some powers.
	mediamatters.org /items/200512220007 (2608 words)

	Visions or Epileptic Seizures
		Some have alleged that this blow so severely damaged the temporal lobe of her brain as to cause her to have a type of epilepsy known as partial complex seizures (also called complex partial seizures).
		Thus, it is argued, her visions were not divine revelations from God, but due to temporal lobe epilepsy.
		To satisfy my mind as to whether she breathed or not, I first put my hand on her chest sufficiently long to know that there was no more heaving of the lungs than there would have been had she been a corpse.
	www.whiteestate.org /issues/visions.html (4986 words)

	Imperishable Inheritance » The Rational Basis of Christianity (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		I will propose an argument for the rationality of Christianity through the cause and development of morality utilizing the Transcendental Argument for the Existence of God.
		Remember irrationality is the fact that an argument does not follow a valid line of logical deduction.
		Voltaire and others stated about the seemingly irrational nature of religious revelations which is the argument from inconsistent revelations.
	www.imperishableinheritance.com /?p=219 (1329 words)

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