tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post37845892295146636..comments2024-03-27T17:15:37.606-04:00Comments on Triablogue: "Life's a bitch, and then you die"Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17809283662428917799noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-32350634335572894522015-09-13T09:27:19.275-04:002015-09-13T09:27:19.275-04:00I'm puzzled by his statement that "modern...I'm puzzled by his statement that "modern evolutionary biology tells us loud and clear" that there is no life after death. I'm trying to figure out how modern evolutionary biology could tell us that loud and clear. Is it supposed to follow from our being descended from animals? But for that matter, I'm not sure that _biology_ can tell us that _animals_ have no life after death. I mean, Christians debate on whether dogs go to heaven, and I never yet heard anyone settle that debate with biological facts. How could one do so? It seems like he's doing a kind of mingling of what he considers to be the deliverances of modern evolutionary biology--presumably that we are just another species of evolved animals or some such--with a hefty dose of unargued metaphysics/theology--that animals don't live on after death. But he doesn't even recognize the inclusion of the metaphysical/theological premises.Lydia McGrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00423567323116960820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-59008048989836861652015-09-13T02:49:52.895-04:002015-09-13T02:49:52.895-04:00"From a secular standpoint, there's nothi..."From a secular standpoint, there's nothing wrong with that."<br /><br />Nor is it permanently satisfying, especially after he's done that a while like he did in hunting animals. But then where do you go from there? You can easily analogize this to drugs or pornography. Everything is about getting the next fix. But when you become used or desensitized to that, there's nowhere to go but down, barring divine intervention. Rock bottom is death, and some people even welcome that after recognizing how miserably they lived. I'll take the Christian solution to the problem of evil over this secular solution to the problem of misery any day.Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07883500968749756873noreply@blogger.com