Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/Theological fatalism

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The result of the debate was KEEP. jni 11:21, 24 Feb 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Theological fatalism

Logical fallacy that allegedly proves there is no free will. Radiant! 14:05, Feb 14, 2005 (UTC) Withdrawn. Radiant! 15:45, Feb 15, 2005 (UTC)

  • First: That something is a logical fallacy does not make it a candidate for deletion. Many encyclopaedia entries deal with the illogical positions of many groups of people. Second: This is not a logical fallacy, because it doesn't prove what you state. It proves that omniscience and free will are logically incompatible, quite a different thing altogether. This is a widely discussed philosophical and theological topic, that a quick Google Web search would have turned up many instances of (such as [1]), since it is even listed by its common name. What this article needed was {{wikify}}{{reli-stub}}{{philo-stub}}{{CatNeeded}}, not {{subst:vfd}}. Being a dead-end article is not a reason for deletion. Keep. Uncle G 15:49, 2005 Feb 14 (UTC)
    • Okay, vfd withdrawn. It just sounded too nonsensical to me but expanding sounds fair. Keep. But I hold that the argument as written isn't valid :) Radiant! 16:02, Feb 14, 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep, yeah, this was a big topic during the higher criticism of the 19th century. Even without the theological scarf it gets discussed. Article isn't up to academic standards, though, which is prolly why it got tossed here. Wyss 20:15, 14 Feb 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep, article needs expansion. Megan1967 03:01, 15 Feb 2005 (UTC)

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