tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post8648268171535331058..comments2024-03-27T17:15:37.606-04:00Comments on Triablogue: Secular shark baitRyanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17809283662428917799noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-63642581272297718292007-06-29T10:42:00.000-04:002007-06-29T10:42:00.000-04:00God decides? If you're saying that your choice to...God decides? If you're saying that your choice to have sexual union is pre-determined, and that the physics involved are magical, then I have little to say in response.<BR/><BR/>It's more absurd to think that you're doing something wrong by "denying" a non-existent and non-cognizant entity the opportunity to exist, <B>especially</B> if there is a probability attached to that existence that it will be overall more harmful than good [i.e., hell].Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-21646303166258198702007-03-16T17:27:00.000-04:002007-03-16T17:27:00.000-04:00It's rather absurd to say that I should deny other...It's rather absurd to say that I should deny others the opportunity for having a good life out of fear that some will abuse the opportunity. I'm denying a good to everyone because some might misuse it and bring misery on themselves.<BR/><BR/>If I have a grown child, and he messes up his life, that's his responsibility, not mine. I may grieve over his poor choices, but that shouldn't cause me to prevent others from sharing in the potential joys of living.stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16547070544928321788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-1313375652195301292007-03-16T16:54:00.000-04:002007-03-16T16:54:00.000-04:00Anonymous said:Steve,Would, or would not, being a ...Anonymous said:<BR/>Steve,<BR/><BR/>Would, or would not, being a Christian ameliorate the author's expressed worries about bringing a creature into this world which will experience more bad than good, more pain than pleasure? That's all I am asking.<BR/><BR/>***********<BR/><BR/>A Christian isn't responsible for the outcome. It's ultimately God who brings a child into the world, his world, via a human couple. We leave the outcome in God's hands.stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16547070544928321788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-82989054161731411892007-03-16T13:48:00.000-04:002007-03-16T13:48:00.000-04:00Steve,Would, or would not, being a Christian ameli...Steve,<BR/><BR/>Would, or would not, being a Christian ameliorate the author's expressed worries about bringing a creature into this world which will experience more bad than good, more pain than pleasure? That's all I am asking.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-45069576441780581572007-03-15T22:39:00.000-04:002007-03-15T22:39:00.000-04:00Does Kinney feel stupid?Strange that he keeps poki...Does Kinney feel stupid?<BR/><BR/>Strange that he keeps poking his head out of the ground after people like Hays, Manata, White, etc., have embarrassed him to no end....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-28243715733679341212007-03-14T15:42:00.000-04:002007-03-14T15:42:00.000-04:00Anonymous said:I fail to see how incorporating the...Anonymous said:<BR/><BR/>I fail to see how incorporating the Xian view of the afterlife assuages my anguish, given that it adds little hope.<BR/><BR/>The value/meaning of life are thus not created or augmented by this probabilistic enigma.<BR/><BR/>*****************************************<BR/><BR/>Two problems:<BR/><BR/>1. You are confusing value/meaning with emotion/feeling.<BR/><BR/>These are hardly interchangeable.<BR/><BR/>2. How Christians feel here below, and how they will feel in the hereafter, are hardly interchangeable either.stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16547070544928321788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-56806221654108464802007-03-14T15:36:00.000-04:002007-03-14T15:36:00.000-04:00Aaron Kinney said..."Since when is atheism a philo...Aaron Kinney said...<BR/><BR/>"Since when is atheism a philosophy?"<BR/><BR/>The Philosophy of Atheism<BR/>by Emma Goldman<BR/><BR/>Arguing for Atheism: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Religion by Rob Le Poidevin<BR/><BR/>The Cambridge Companion to Atheism (Cambridge Companions to Philosophy) <BR/>by Michael Martinstevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16547070544928321788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-43919903040858435182007-03-14T15:20:00.000-04:002007-03-14T15:20:00.000-04:00Steve,I'm anonymous...that anonymous.I don't think...Steve,<BR/><BR/>I'm anonymous...<B>that</B> anonymous.<BR/><BR/>I don't think you really dealt with my question. I don't agree with the view of the author that life is without meaning or value, or that harm outweighs good. However, even if I did, I fail to see how incorporating the Xian view of the afterlife assuages my anguish, given that it adds little hope.<BR/><BR/>It only adds a probabilistic factor -- my child <I>may</I> go to hell, or <I>may</I> go to heaven.<BR/><BR/>How does this probability help you? It doesn't.<BR/><BR/>The value/meaning of life are thus not created or augmented by this probabilistic enigma.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-83538269899963334202007-03-14T15:07:00.000-04:002007-03-14T15:07:00.000-04:00Let's not poke fun at Loftus anymore. As you can s...Let's not poke fun at Loftus anymore. As you can see from his most recent post on his blog, he's quite sensitive to such poking. As such, when he comes on here and calls everyone idiots and morons, let's remember that our friend is delicate on the inside.David Woodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10613366053392696689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-62805303184022248532007-03-14T13:50:00.000-04:002007-03-14T13:50:00.000-04:00Atheism is a philosophy for losers. Welcome to The...<I>Atheism is a philosophy for losers. Welcome to The Losers Club. </I><BR/><BR/>Since when is atheism a philosophy?Aaron Kinneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12059982934663353474noreply@blogger.com