tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11516215.post8000540724420341864..comments2024-03-28T00:48:19.961-07:00Comments on Metacrock's Blog: The Question of Being: Brute Fact or Deep ScturctureJoseph Hinman (Metacrock)http://www.blogger.com/profile/06957529748541493998noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11516215.post-48538494774779246762011-05-10T12:40:24.534-07:002011-05-10T12:40:24.534-07:00Metacrock, you said:
The atheist is content to lo...Metacrock, you said:<br /><br /><i>The atheist is content to lose the phenomena and pretend there is no meaning and no answers but in so doing is no better off or no more intellectually justified than the faithful making excuses about "no one knows the mind of God."</i><br /><br />If anything, I think the atheist is less intellectually justified, because at least the "faithful" is positing a Mind that may indeed have reasons of its own-- and mystery is part of most religions. But atheism usually is centered around the principle of scientific inquiry-- so having no answer to the question "why is there something rather than nothing at all?" is not excusable. Mystery for its own sake is not supposed to be a tenet of atheistic belief systems.Kristenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08252374623355509404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11516215.post-32527997158486341472011-05-09T19:46:15.613-07:002011-05-09T19:46:15.613-07:00I understand.I understand.Joseph Hinman (Metacrock)https://www.blogger.com/profile/06957529748541493998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11516215.post-85127018479095621542011-05-09T16:11:25.603-07:002011-05-09T16:11:25.603-07:00Sorry, what I meant to say was that the atheists a...Sorry, what I meant to say was that the atheists arguements that I have come always try to deny the first cause when they would have a better time pointing out the identity problem of the cosmological argument. <br /><br />I wasn't actually criticising your article, just how some (emphasize some) atheists get caught up with the idea of a first cause when they could point to alternative versions of the first cause.Mileshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07026834728177934920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11516215.post-58555908921123530732011-05-09T14:02:46.604-07:002011-05-09T14:02:46.604-07:00Hey Miles, I get hat a lot. I think there are seve...Hey Miles, I get hat a lot. I think there are several good answers that are possible. the cross cultural validation of the M scale backing mystical expression it's pervasive since of universal love, not name one.<br /><br />the original context of this essay was in relation to the cosmological argument.Joseph Hinman (Metacrock)https://www.blogger.com/profile/06957529748541493998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11516215.post-6040286509056711542011-05-09T12:32:37.268-07:002011-05-09T12:32:37.268-07:00What I always consider strange is that most that I...What I always consider strange is that most that I run into go along those lines but ignore the greater potential problem for the cosmological argument. That being the problem of identity. They could say "hey, sure, but how do you know that cause is intelligent or benevolent ect."Mileshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07026834728177934920noreply@blogger.com