tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1226216199663753298.post7946988936030793973..comments2023-07-28T09:29:30.176+01:00Comments on Nuts and Reasons: Puddlemorphismquedulahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09737971867539674984noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1226216199663753298.post-51904849650744851392016-11-03T12:05:53.507+00:002016-11-03T12:05:53.507+00:00Answering a different question is the logical fall...Answering a different question is the logical fallacy known as a "straw man argument".quedulahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09737971867539674984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1226216199663753298.post-5203849550458918462016-11-03T11:41:42.754+00:002016-11-03T11:41:42.754+00:00You asked if Christianity has been of any benefit ...You asked if Christianity has been of any benefit to the human race. I tried to suggest that it changes human lives. The social services in Britain know how much the churches contribute to the welfare of millions of people. Look at the charity founded by Steve Chalke as just one example.<br />As for rationality, I would be unable to write these words unless my reason permitted me to do so. I can Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1226216199663753298.post-13479518547249171272016-11-03T09:43:18.369+00:002016-11-03T09:43:18.369+00:00I was looking for some degree of rational debate. ...I was looking for some degree of rational debate. Not preaching.quedulahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09737971867539674984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1226216199663753298.post-29446043313585388892016-11-02T20:11:27.537+00:002016-11-02T20:11:27.537+00:00You can have a loving relationship with Him. You c...You can have a loving relationship with Him. You can be a child of God instead of a child of wrath. <br />You can, like the Apostle Paul, say that even the good things of this world are counted as so much rubbish compared with knowing Christ.<br />You can know that whatever this world throws at you, His mercy and His forgiveness and His friendship are assured.<br />You can be with people who are Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1226216199663753298.post-48820256724071781932016-11-02T15:49:19.131+00:002016-11-02T15:49:19.131+00:00"Who is the judge of what is 'useful'..."Who is the judge of what is 'useful'?" I think we all know what 'useful' means. Perhaps you can say how imagining the existence of an omnipotent, omniscient, atemporal 'something' is of any practical benefit to the human race?quedulahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09737971867539674984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1226216199663753298.post-47910582276376245642016-11-02T15:27:16.373+00:002016-11-02T15:27:16.373+00:00Who is the judge of what is 'useful', qued...Who is the judge of what is 'useful', quedula?<br />The mystery of consciousness is not going to go away.<br />We do not 'postulate' a god, we look to those men and women, including poets, who write of their experience of the divine.<br />Even if they are mistaken these artists and thinkers are an integral part of Western consciousness.<br />Yes, I read the books by Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1226216199663753298.post-28668656645466405312016-11-01T07:51:53.031+00:002016-11-01T07:51:53.031+00:00Life as we know it is the result of several billio...Life as we know it is the result of several billion years of evolution in one infinitesimal corner of a vast Universe. It didn't suddenly 'become aware'. Postulating that an undefined, undefinable agent had some input into this process adds no useful information.quedulahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09737971867539674984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1226216199663753298.post-78906464179215000542016-10-30T19:56:51.193+00:002016-10-30T19:56:51.193+00:00Think for a minute of a marble table in front of y...Think for a minute of a marble table in front of you. Do you think that, given a trillion years or infinite time, this table could suddenly or gradually become conscious, aware of its surroundings, aware of its identity the way you are? It is simply inconceivable that this would or could happen. And the same goes for any kind of matter. Once you understand the nature of matter, of mass-energy, Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com