"@Sagacious, he's saying the first.
We believe that salvation comes through Christ and the Church, but also that God is just and a lot bigger than us, and that we don't really understand everything. Who makes it to heaven, the atheist…"
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Blundered across this in an academic paper, put together by a U.K. professor of philosophy, purporting to be the distilled creed/philosophical arguments for the Dawkins' style New Atheism.I'm curious…Continue
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Professor Robert commented on Misty: Baytheist Living!'s blog post 'So the Pope said I can go to heaven...'Professor Robert commented on Misty: Baytheist Living!'s blog post 'So the Pope said I can go to heaven...'"What he's saying has long been the position of the Catholic Church, which has always been fairly nuanced about salvation. It's really nothing new. The notion that belief is the (sole) requirement for salvation is largely a…"
Professor Robert replied to Morgan Matthew's discussion 'What Is TPP? Biggest Global Threat to the Internet Since ACTA'"Here's a very amusing and informative look at copyright law from the point of view of someone who is just trying to put together a short documentary. It's put together by the Duke Center for the Study of the Public…"
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It's called faith because it's not knowledge
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What do you think about the statement "It's called a Theory because it's not knowledge!" That's what we see from the anti-science contingent. It's equally pithy. It's equally…"
Professor Robert replied to Morgan Matthew's discussion 'What Is TPP? Biggest Global Threat to the Internet Since ACTA'"Would you have the family of Isaac Newton to still have a copyright on Newton's Laws? Lincoln's descendents still to have a copyright on the Gettysburg Address?
The purpose of copyright and trademark protection is to encourage…"
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Wolf Blitzer Asks Tornado Survivor if She Thanked the Lord; Replies She's an Atheist
"If there's going to be any re-jiggering, why can't it be grass that grows to a nice, even 5 cm or so and just stops?
I think the constant need to mow lawns is a failure of both God and Science."
Professor Robert replied to Ron Humphrey's discussion 'insane comment following tornadoes in Oklahoma'"Pithy, but a bit worn and trite, don't you think?
Have you ever been to a friend's wedding who wasn't an atheist? A Jewish or Christian wedding, just because they were believers? A funeral? Was that support…"
Professor Robert replied to Ron Humphrey's discussion 'insane comment following tornadoes in Oklahoma'"If I remember correctly, there was a decent set of anthropological studies summarized in SciAm a couple of years ago that showed high correlations of teen angst with western-style schooling. Warehousing kids, leaving them with videos and such…"
Professor Robert replied to G's discussion 'Is your trust in science based on faith or based on science?'"Nope. The Protestant religions, to some extent, make a claim to be sola scriptura, but even that isn't really accurate. Christians wrote and compiled the Bible, we didn't come from the Bible.
I understand that you are a former…"
Professor Robert replied to Ron Humphrey's discussion 'insane comment following tornadoes in Oklahoma'"We should of course do good works. I remember being down with the ARC medical relief teams after Katrina. People do need material support, most definitely.
Almost more than that, though, they need spiritual support. Particularly for…"
Professor Robert replied to Ron Humphrey's discussion 'insane comment following tornadoes in Oklahoma'"I wonder... do you think there's a purpose for the ceremonial burying of the dead? Readings, prayers, eulogies, gatherings of friends and family? Isn't it utterly pointless? After all, the person is dead. He or she…"
Professor Robert replied to Ron Humphrey's discussion 'insane comment following tornadoes in Oklahoma'"Have you ever met any kids in Ethopia?
Many of them are much happier than many kids in the U.S. The suicide rate, at least, is lower."
Professor Robert replied to Ron Humphrey's discussion 'insane comment following tornadoes in Oklahoma'"Why would you think that?
Burning lots of carbon fossil fuels to trap atmospheric heat and create more violent weather patterns seems like a dumb human thing to do, born of greed and lack of personal responsibility. "
Professor Robert replied to Ron Humphrey's discussion 'insane comment following tornadoes in Oklahoma'"But when millions of people believe in the literal truth of the Bible, we have to object.
Certainly. I would join you in objecting as well."
Professor Robert commented on Wesley's videoWolf Blitzer Asks Tornado Survivor if She Thanked the Lord; Replies She's an Atheist
"Do you really want God to be constantly re-jiggering the laws of the universe to make sure that there are never any environmental consequences to sentients? We Christians believe these things are sad, or tragic, but we're not expecting…"
Professor Robert commented on Wesley's videoWolf Blitzer Asks Tornado Survivor if She Thanked the Lord; Replies She's an Atheist
"Aw, shucks. I was just logging in to share this one with folks here and you beat me to it!
I knew the group would appreciate it. I confess I did. I really dislike people pushing for public declarations of religiosity, even as a…"
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Religion as Idolatry: A Theist's Perspective
Posted on May 10, 2013 at 7:22pm 14 Comments 0 Likes
This past week, in a small corner of the news there was information about a bombing of a Church in a small community near Arusha, Tanzania. Several locals along with a handful of Saudi nationals have been arrested as responsible. The target apparently was the Archbishop of Arusha, a man whom I know personally and whose installation I attended some years back in Tanzania. Many innocent people were hurt, who were just gathered as a community to dedicate a new church building they had…
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- At 4:11pm on March 16, 2013,
Sagacious Hawk said… It's refreshing to see a believer on these forums approach with civil, polite, and intelligent discourse even when not treated with such. You, sir, have run our virtual gauntlet and gained my respect. I do hope you stick around and continue to contribute. I sometimes worry that without dissenting opinions and viewpoints, we'll just keep reinforcing our own, and while some of us try to keep a level head and an open mind, we can't articulate a different viewpoint as well as if it was actually ours.
That said, I know it can be a daunting task, but I look forward to seeing what you have to say in the future.
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