Sir Alfred Jules "Freddie" Ayer (A.J. Ayer) Quotes

Theism is so confused and the sentences in which "God" appears so incoherent and so incapable of verifiability or falsifiability that to speak of belief or unbelief, faith or unfaith, is logically impossible.

Sir Alfred Jules "Freddie" Ayer

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  Sir Alfred Jules "Freddie" Ayer
  • God
  • Faith
  • Impossible