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Comment on God the Son Is the Mirror in Which God the Father Sees Himself by Metarock

Metarock — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 03:40:29 +0000

I guess so

Comment on The Scandal of Death by god of war 3 | CNN.com

god of war 3 | CNN.com — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 22:44:47 +0000

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Comment on “Epistemic Distance” from God? by Dmitry Chernikov

Dmitry Chernikov — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 05:16:23 +0000

I should add that natural theism, that is, belief in the existence of God as revealed by “natural reason” alone, tells very little about what is and what is not good behavior. Being certain about God’s existence in this way is a perfection of unaided intellect, but it is neither a moral virtue nor a theological one.

On the other hand, metaphysics and theology are rightly called “last sciences” in that they ought to be studied when numerous other fields have been mastered or at least become familiar. So, careful agnosticism may be a good idea for young adults as they make their way to the summit of wisdom which is the sacred doctrine.

Comment on “Epistemic Distance” from God? by Stephen B. Gray

Stephen B. Gray — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 04:23:37 +0000

Assuming our ability to choose good or evil is really a choice, as Swinburne says, it follows that he is making a guess about human psychology: we will choose freely only if we’re not certain about God. I think it is much more likely that if we knew of God with certainty, we would be so thrilled that we would choose to do good much more readily. His “reasoning” is typical of Christians starting with the existence of God and desperately searching for some reason or logic that shows that God exists. This is no more convincing than most of the contortions that Craig and Plantinga go through for the same reason.

Comment on Introversive Labor by Dmitry Chernikov

Dmitry Chernikov — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 21:27:51 +0000

Metarock, where’s your blog?

Comment on Introversive Labor by Metarock

Metarock — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 00:54:54 +0000

Hey i’m glad to see you are still blogging. I linked to this blog.

Comment on Two Tiny Pieces of Advice by Dmitry Chernikov

Dmitry Chernikov — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 17:57:31 +0000

Eric, that’s because I never used Facebook… but I’m going to check out what it’s good for now.

Comment on Two Tiny Pieces of Advice by Eric M.

Eric M. — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 04:02:09 +0000

I definitely agree with number two. I actually was a bit depressed earlier in the week, but cheered up a bit today when I began thinking about, and planning for, the future — most of it involving a possible academic career as a philosopher.

By the way, Dmitry, you don’t seem to have a Facebook profile picture. Why is that?

Comment on I Hate Philip Pullman by Dmitry Chernikov

Dmitry Chernikov — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 20:34:21 +0000

You… can’t stand us Christians? You mean, you hate us? Hypocrite.

At any rate, I made an explicit distinction between hatred as (1) aversion and hatred as (2) willing evil to another. When I say that Pullman glorifies hatred, I mean hatred in the second sense. When I write “I hate Philip Pullman,” I mean it in the first sense. I am averse to his books and (as a corollary) to his character which is the cause of those books. This is because an evil effect cannot be produced by a good cause. Hence I am not a hypocrite.

Comment on I Hate Philip Pullman by Matt

Matt — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 20:09:26 +0000

Quote: “I Hate Philip Pullman”
Quote: “I am certainly averse to Pullman, the evil son of a bitch that he is (who enjoys his perversity)”
Quote: “The trilogy is a… sin-glorifying including pride and hatred”
You Hypocrite!
Man I love Jesus, but I can’t stand you Christians.