tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post116968576918749488..comments2024-03-27T17:15:37.606-04:00Comments on Triablogue: "I disbelieve. Help thou mine unbelief!"Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17809283662428917799noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-1169751756698468592007-01-25T14:02:00.000-05:002007-01-25T14:02:00.000-05:00Steve, Vincent Cheung's been badmouthing you:"And ...Steve, Vincent Cheung's been badmouthing you:<BR/><BR/>"And please, do not send me anymore objections from this person or anyone related to him. He is just <I>not good enough</I>. He possesses an altogether <I>lower class of intellect</I>. There is <I>no competition</I>, <I>no comparison</I> — I have no interest in him and no use for him. "<BR/>"Indeed, humanly speaking, it can be lonely here looking down at the rest <I>from the top of the world</I> "<BR/><BR/>http://www.vincentcheung.com/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-1169739149961972432007-01-25T10:32:00.000-05:002007-01-25T10:32:00.000-05:00"As Witmer said in his interview with Gene Cook — ..."As Witmer said in his interview with Gene Cook — it is the nature of what it is to be evil to cause harm for fun. It is a real property of that state of affairs (causing harm for fun). It is the nature of what it is to be good to alleviate suffering whenever possible. It is foundational, self-evident and incorrigible, and it matters not one iota whether God exists or not to make it true. That’s my situation. I stop there. The regress ends there for me."<BR/><BR/>It looks to me that he's relying on tautology here. He seems to be saying that something is evil because its nature is evil, which is as informative as saying, "existents exist". I don't believe it's foundational, because it's not irreducible, like other axioms.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-1169693605854154212007-01-24T21:53:00.000-05:002007-01-24T21:53:00.000-05:00how does the changing particular morgan get into c...how does the changing particular morgan get into contact with the unchanging universal?<BR/><BR/>Is it via the demiurge.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com