WOTM: Religion Makes Philosophers Stupid, Part II
Forgot to mention that Part I looks exclusively at Goff's essay announcing his con...version. Parts II and III look at his interview with Cameron from the Capturing Christianity channel.
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Sounds like Goff has stumbled onto the H. L. Mencken solution: "For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong." It is interesting how his ideas of Christianity match many beliefs that Christians had, up until the Council of Nicea. Right up until Constantine snuffed those out, and they became heresies.
So, he is admitting to believing in the supernatural? Is there a school of philosophy which accepts the supernatural? Maybe so, they kicked the Natural Philosophers because they were committed to actually studying things, not just thinking about them, The Natural Philosophers formed their own club calling themselves scientists.
♥️ You get an extra heart for that one. LOVE IT!
On a serious note - there is a strain of thought among liberal Jews that says that their g*d is not in fact all powerful, that he needs our help to improve the world (just don't vocalize his name). Look up "Tikkun olam". The reasoning behind this is Talmudic, which is a rabbit hole I am not about to go down. But the result is they get to keep some part of their religious tradition and feel impelled to do good in the world.
Yes, Dennis spoke about this frequently. But he never tied it to God omnipotence or lack thereof. It means to "repair the world."
Good Gawdish Almighty. Goff is simply trying to put icing on the CACA.
Always amused to see a line of immeasurable on the PragerU chart.
It is an endless source of amusement!
Maybe god is all-knowing, but only at the time of knowing.
And He has to be wearing His magic slippers.
NGL, I kept watering my dogmas down until they had the potency of homeopathic remedies. I finally dropped the whole thing, but it was a long process. How are you feeling, Bri-Bri?
That's a great way to put it! I'm gonna be stealing that homeopathy analogy. Brilliant!!! I'm still not fully recovered. My energy is nowhere near what it was before the anemia. And I get winded very easily. I'm seeing a cardiologist on Wednesday, and then getting a sonogram of my kidneys on the 12th. I'll try to remember to give everyone an update next month. Thanks for asking.
Not much evidence for intelligent life, considering we're destroying our one and only planet.
Slightly intelligent life? Barely? LOL!