
#17 April 1st - Why I'm a Christian Now, with Stephen Woodford
Within Reason
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How to Conceive of the Greatest Being
I understand that the words make sense to me, but it's wrong to assume that therefore, I have actually conceived it. How do we know that the greatest conceivable being actually is something that we can conceive of? Because we can understand the words. If you say a square circle, I know what you mean in terms of what you're getting at. You're getting at a contradiction. But if I try to actually understand what is a squarecircle, what is something that has four sides and also one side, to me, that's just senseless. That's almost what makes it a contradiction is the fact that no, you can't understand what that is. And you can understand it being
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