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Lawdog on Separation of Church and State by DesertRat662009-08-26 07:37:13
  So what part of by buddha2009-08-26 08:31:44
    My problem is missing the last 6 words by robertltux2009-08-26 09:23:42
      Atheisism is not a religion. by buddha2009-08-26 09:35:43
        A comment from an atheist: by Ascag2009-08-26 12:09:07
          This is actually faith by MatthewDBA2009-08-26 12:16:53
            Might be, yes. by Ascag2009-08-26 12:40:00
              I'm not sure what you mean by MatthewDBA2009-08-26 12:46:09
                So I said "It's only a grain". by Ascag2009-08-26 12:59:10
                  If you make up the rules yourself by MatthewDBA2009-08-26 13:03:32
                    A proposal: by Ascag2009-08-26 13:19:02
                      It would be a good question. by MatthewDBA2009-08-26 13:25:14
                        It's getting late here. by Ascag 2009-08-26 13:53:06
Germany here, it's approaching midnight. I fear I need to go now.

Just a last statement, if I may. I think I withdraw my initial statement "Even for mathematics, you need a very small grain of faith". It surely is the one thing we can be sure of the most.

My statement was motivated by the classical statement "I know that I know nothing". Every so-called "truth" had a brother, called "doubt". It is acceptable to doubt every "truth" somebody proposes; even whether mathematics is 100% true or not.

I thank you for interesting insights into this matter. I'm still thinking whether there might be any possibility of a situation where in mathematics I don't control all of the rules. But this might be one of the trickiest questions somebody can ask; and I do not seriously think I will find any example. Your last proof is just too overwhelmingly convincing.
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