Reply #24: I took a hit, I answered "False"

[hunter]

To do otherwise would be incosistent with my religious belief. The answer "True" implies to me an authoritarian God, and denies free will. 1+1=72 and circles are squares "because I said so." I hated it when my mom did that, and I'd hate it even more if God did that.

Take a look at my post above and let me expand a little on it.

To split a thing in half you must first define what that thing is. To add things together you must define the sets of things you are adding. I can take the five toes on my left foot, and the five toes on my right foot, and add them together, 5+5=10. But that's all in my head. The universe does not count toes.

To believe otherwise is to believe that the Universe is something like a computer simulation, and that there is a register of your toes kept outside the universe. That's very similar to the God who knows every sparrow, but without the God. I don't think the universe is so simple.