zodiac3 May 2004

MISGUIDED RESPONSE #1: Doesn't being "special" mean primacy in the context where it's special, such as theories of existence?

M.R. #2: Or take it the other way: 'Unverifiability is what makes religion special' - true, but now 'special' has the sense of the drooling boy who peed every day on the bus. For 'unverifiability' to be what makes religion 'special' in a positive sense, then unverifiability has to be special in a positive sense. Ergo, unverifiability is positive, which leads to all kinds of silliness. It's simply better for verifiability to remain positive and unverifiability to be slightly negative.