tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11516215.post3086017661360953036..comments2024-03-29T03:30:25.637-07:00Comments on Metacrock's Blog: Remember Your Creator: God is Necessary for Grounding Moral Axioms; this is not Devine Command TheoryJoseph Hinman (Metacrock)http://www.blogger.com/profile/06957529748541493998noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11516215.post-60302997024621267222012-03-30T09:49:23.702-07:002012-03-30T09:49:23.702-07:00clever people accept a false general principle on ...clever people accept a false general principle on a-priori grounds<br /><br /><b>How do you jsutify a prori grounds being false?<br /><br />you are asserting that belief in God is based only aprori reasoning. a prpori means it has to be true by definition so that's pretty solid ground. Balthasar and I bleieve in God becuase we experienced the reality of God not because we knew the ontological argument.</b>Joseph Hinman (Metacrock)https://www.blogger.com/profile/06957529748541493998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11516215.post-76590855125505708722012-03-30T09:18:44.490-07:002012-03-30T09:18:44.490-07:00Good theologians (and theology) in a nutshell: &qu...Good theologians (and theology) in a nutshell: "As so often happens in philosophy, clever people accept a false general principle on a-priori grounds and then devote endless labor and ingenuity to explain away plain facts which obviously conflict with it." Von Balthasar (and you) are among those clever people :)Abhinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11516215.post-73744590481683427522012-02-05T07:12:08.115-08:002012-02-05T07:12:08.115-08:00wisdom is dismissed because associated with the oc...wisdom is dismissed because associated with the occult and astrology and new age stuff. They don't have courses in University and it's only talked about in connection with ancient world religion. <br /><br />It's kind of a veg idea, replaced by logic. Although Wisdom is not logic, it's experience. Its' sort of "savvy." Modern parlance for wisdom is "savvy." It's also equivalent to "street wise."<br /><br />that' the only time we hear of wise being used in a good sense.Joseph Hinman (Metacrock)https://www.blogger.com/profile/06957529748541493998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11516215.post-5022663342685501242012-02-04T19:55:59.487-08:002012-02-04T19:55:59.487-08:00Well, if you think about it, check out someone'...Well, if you think about it, check out someone's reaction if you mention "wisdom". "Wisdom" as an idea doesn't carry a lot of respect currently, and you don't see a lot of people setting that as the goal of their life, to pursue wisdom. Or peace, or justice, for that matter. This is not an age where "great causes" are welcome. We live in petty times. The current round of great causes are more often used to score points and pose than to accomplish things. <br /><br />They say history goes in cycles. Sure hope so. :)<br /><br />Take care & God bless<br />Anne / WFWeekend Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10425001168670801073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11516215.post-69348991779493758092012-02-04T09:06:34.177-08:002012-02-04T09:06:34.177-08:00yes Von Balthasar was great. he wrote 1000 books! ...yes Von Balthasar was great. he wrote 1000 books! some of his footnotes are three huge paragraphs long and in Latin! He was considered the most erudite man of hte 20th century.<br /><br />The bizarre thing is he was totally unknown outside Catherine circles, then they were selective circles.<br /><br />think of him makes me angry when atheist talk about how theologians are idiots and what a waste theology is.Joseph Hinman (Metacrock)https://www.blogger.com/profile/06957529748541493998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11516215.post-24758460359708641562012-02-02T17:58:35.884-08:002012-02-02T17:58:35.884-08:00You're on one of my favorite topics, man.
It...You're on one of my favorite topics, man. <br /><br />It's great that someone of Von Balthasar's reputation was willing to stand up for something like the relationship between being and love. <br /><br />"The meaning of being lies in love" - that's true like by definition. If "meaning" is "how something is relevant beyond itself", and if "love" is "appreciating / enjoying / celebrating the good in something else", then what other meaning could being have besides love? <br /><br />But to have a high-caliber guy like with a reputation stand up for it and not back down, now that's cool. I just wiki'd him ... sounds like he wrote too much to read in a reasonable length of time. :( Wonder what his best one was? <br /><br />Take care & God bless<br />Anne / WFWeekend Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10425001168670801073noreply@blogger.com