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Old 03-02-2004, 03:16 PM   #5 (permalink)
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Originally posted by ARTelevision
Yes, philosophy does address questions like this.

The problem as I see it is that religion does not.
Religion simply posits a priori assumptions about truth.
Yes, of course.

In that regard, it might be considered a subset of philosophy, since it starts with a given premise: There is a God.

But it is a common tool to start a given philosophical argument with an agreed upon premise and see where it leads.
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