tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post2957886173329368249..comments2024-03-27T17:15:37.606-04:00Comments on Triablogue: The homunculus in the machineRyanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17809283662428917799noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-2190232433879387982012-07-12T12:03:09.329-04:002012-07-12T12:03:09.329-04:00I didn't suggest his position was inconsistent...I didn't suggest his position was inconsistent merely because it was deterministic. Predestination is not equivalent to physical determinism, much less naturalistic physicalism. On his view, our beliefs are the end-result of prior, arational brain states. In that case, what makes his atheist beliefs superior to Christian beliefs generated by the same impersonal process?<br /><br />Moreover, I'm discussing him on his own terms. Given his set-up, how can he get behind the process? How can the effect get behind the cause?stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16547070544928321788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-46458849259152685102012-07-12T11:37:15.726-04:002012-07-12T11:37:15.726-04:00Steve,
Don't you also take the position that ...Steve,<br /><br />Don't you also take the position that you don't choose what you believe?Distant Cousinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05765621905219905064noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-69695950112994098852012-07-11T14:05:21.312-04:002012-07-11T14:05:21.312-04:00"What I consciously come to believe is the af..."What I consciously come to believe is the after effect of unconscious neurophysiological events."<br /><br />Right. So why did Harris berate Christians for their beliefs in <i>Letter to a Christian Nation</i>?James Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08026082657858307342noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-56743389974054002242012-07-11T12:02:51.450-04:002012-07-11T12:02:51.450-04:00Massive debate between Calvinism and Arminianism t...Massive debate between Calvinism and Arminianism that took place between (mainly) Victor Reppert, Steve Hays, Paul Manata, and Dominic Bnonn Tennant. <br /><br /><a href="http://triablogue.blogspot.com/2008/06/calvinism-vs-arminianism.html" rel="nofollow">http://triablogue.blogspot.com/2008/06/calvinism-vs-arminianism.html</a><br /><br />I think this link should be added to either the Triablogue Master Index or Triablogue Topical IndexANNOYED PINOYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00714774340084597206noreply@blogger.com