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[quote]Which of us makes the claim, I do not know. I can simply say that you make the claim that 'mermaids' exist. Therefore the onus of proving their existence is upon you.

Since I want to continue the dialogue, I would like to tell you that a name or title definitely is devised to refer to some entity. However, the name itself does not furnish enough evidence that the thing in question 'in reality' exists.

If your line of argument is true, then you are compelled to believe in Zeus, Aphrodite and the all mythical figures of Greek Mythology. If you believe in them because they have names, then you have real problem in accepting another God - who claims to be one.

Allah Himself has denied in the Qur'an that these idols, though have a name, do not in reality exist. These idols are nothing but names devised by the ancesstors of Arabs. Do you know about that?

What I mean to say that your own line of argument does not leave you in a definite position. After deciding that every thing that has a name exists, you are compelled to believe in Zeus and Allah at the same time. But again, since they are incompatible, you will be forced to reject one - a self contradictory argument.

Thus, my simply question is that if a thing or entity has a name, does it provide sufficient evidence that it exists in reality? I stress 'in reality'.[/quote]

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