tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11516215.post227675097364090254..comments2024-03-28T00:48:19.961-07:00Comments on Metacrock's Blog: the religious a prioriJoseph Hinman (Metacrock)http://www.blogger.com/profile/06957529748541493998noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11516215.post-15528207619631156002018-11-15T23:16:24.887-08:002018-11-15T23:16:24.887-08:00A believer of a particular God can use philosophy/...A believer of a particular God can use philosophy/metaphysics to assess particular explanations that explain that God. Then, as if by "magic", move the explanations fron the context of philosophy/metaphysics to the context in which we live. How do you verify that the explanations are valid/sound in the new context?<br /><br /><b>um by reasoning?</b><br /><br />A believer of any other God can do the same. A beliver in magic, numerology, astrology etc can do the same. So how do you restrict this to your God without resorting to exceptionalism or special pleading? rgds.<br /><br /><b>so what you are relay carping about is the idea of using reason to understand one;s ideas? If more people did that we would have better ideas.what's philosophy for?</b>Joseph Hinman (Metacrock)https://www.blogger.com/profile/06957529748541493998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11516215.post-91991372548252457862018-11-15T22:54:13.121-08:002018-11-15T22:54:13.121-08:00Greetings MC, Isn't this an "anything goe...Greetings MC, Isn't this an "anything goes" approach? <br /><br />A believer of a particular God can use philosophy/metaphysics to assess particular explanations that explain that God. Then, as if by "magic", move the explanations fron the context of philosophy/metaphysics to the context in which we live. How do you verify that the explanations are valid/sound in the new context?<br /><br />A believer of any other God can do the same. A beliver in magic, numerology, astrology etc can do the same. So how do you restrict this to your God without resorting to exceptionalism or special pleading? rgds.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com