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....no contradiction
No one is claiming there is a contradiction there. We're just noting that Matthew's wording leaves little room for peaceful coexistence.
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With formal systems, such as mathematics, you can have certainty and demonstrability, but not reality.
With science, such as physics, you can have reality and demonstrability, but not certainty.
With belief systems, such as Christianity, you can have reality and certainty, but not demonstrability.
--HRG, on CARM (paraphrased with his approval)
"Come now, and let us reason together"
With formal systems, such as mathematics, you can have certainty and demonstrability, but not reality.
With science, such as physics, you can have reality and demonstrability, but not certainty.
With belief systems, such as Christianity, you can have reality and certainty, but not demonstrability.
--HRG, on CARM (paraphrased with his approval)
"Come now, and let us reason together"
