tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30372384.post293773675607030676..comments2023-10-30T07:52:05.970-05:00Comments on Anactoria: Anactoriahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17876087690964196791noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30372384.post-40345048081812583062006-09-19T22:35:00.000-05:002006-09-19T22:35:00.000-05:00your blog posts are strong and open minded.
it's...your blog posts are strong and open minded. <br /><br />it's like you get your kicks AND pay the rent by stirring the proverbial pot!sayyidahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15230520834691938142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30372384.post-51496786478088340982006-09-16T09:24:00.000-05:002006-09-16T09:24:00.000-05:00Wordverter's post was reactionary, and not a good ...Wordverter's post was reactionary, and not a good example at all. Right to criticize is one thing, which I agree with, but it was done so simply that it detracts from, rather than bolstering, his position.<br /><br />When that occurs, it's as easy to dismiss them as it is for them to dismiss the counter arguments.<br /><br />... and now, we're nowhere.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30372384.post-70521819788475405822006-09-15T13:07:00.000-05:002006-09-15T13:07:00.000-05:00HA! An atheist, homosexual prime minister! That'l...HA! An atheist, homosexual prime minister! That'll be the day!<br /><br />:P~~~<br /><br />(More later, in response to your good responses - thank you.)Anactoriahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17876087690964196791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30372384.post-36392151229903598402006-09-15T12:08:00.000-05:002006-09-15T12:08:00.000-05:00PPS: I would vote for an atheist, or a homosexual,...PPS: I would vote for an atheist, or a homosexual, or both, if they were the right person for the job.Elliothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08144417439505262113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30372384.post-9269993833838656482006-09-15T11:16:00.000-05:002006-09-15T11:16:00.000-05:00PS: I'm not saying those deeper purposes are entir...PS: I'm not saying those deeper purposes are entirely mysterious - religious philosophers have come with several, and the scriptures of various religions suggest some. But if you think that kind of philosophy is special pleading to begin with, well, they will be ruled out of court.Elliothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08144417439505262113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30372384.post-76820151485703447602006-09-15T11:14:00.000-05:002006-09-15T11:14:00.000-05:00As for epistemology, what's your question? Can we ...As for epistemology, what's your question? Can we have a reasonable common ground?<br /><br />Surely we can, for many issues. But at some level our presuppositions will clash and that's all there is to it.<br /><br />For many people, miracles or divine intervention are simply impossible. Case closed. So someone who thinks such things can and have occurred will seem crazy to them.<br /><br />For some people, God's goodness and love means He would never permit evil or suffering of any sort, particularly not the kind that get on the nightly news. So anyone who says that perhaps God does not desire such evils but permits them for deeper purposes (which He knows better than us - father knows best, so to speak) is ruled as hedging or engaging in special pleading. For such thinkers Existence of evil=Atheism, end of story. What can be said from a Christian perspective? Not much.Elliothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08144417439505262113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30372384.post-5917432933088048392006-09-15T11:08:00.000-05:002006-09-15T11:08:00.000-05:00I think Wordverter was quite right to criticize th...I think Wordverter was quite right to criticize the atheist thinkers in the article mentioned (the negative case he made) - but perhaps his counter-arguments, or his positive case, were not so strong.<br /><br />What I agree with is that the militant atheists in question almost invariably seem to argue their case against an imaginary fundamentalist opponent who takes everything completely literally and accepts the whole of religion on BLIND faith, not reasoned faith. <br />They are intelligent men, but they don't seem too willing to engage with the real intellectual systems of the various religions, and are content to bash a distorted straw men. For someone like Wordverter, who is a PhD student in philosphy, and who must spend most of his time thinking intensely about the world, being told that his religious beliefs are accepted blindly and are on par with believing in magic yogurt, must be very frustrating. Many people who attack religion seem to have only a Sunday-school level understanding of what it's all about.<br /><br />At the same time, you approach the issue from a more knowledgeable viewpoint, and don't fall into that trap nearly as much. So it would be wrong to lump you in with them.<br /><br />As for questions of theodicy, I've talked about them with you countless times, and either A) you never remember what I said and B) when you do you don't find them convincing, so C) I'm not sure there's any point in rehearsing those conversations.Elliothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08144417439505262113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30372384.post-44745519979380631602006-09-15T10:34:00.000-05:002006-09-15T10:34:00.000-05:00hmmm, very interesting read.
:) i may even share s...hmmm, very interesting read.<br />:) i may even share some comments soon.<br /><br />-ninjaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com