Re: Is there a god?
Wed, 24 Sep 2008 01:52:15 -0700 (PDT)
On Sep 15, 7:19 pm, Simon Woods <siimonwoodz.m...@viirgiin.net> wrote:
> DianelosGeorgoudis wrote:
>
> <snip>
>
> >>> naturalistic ontology according to which what at bottom is is
> >>> mechanical (and not personal as theism has it) fails to account for
> >>> the most basic aspects of the human condition we all ...
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Re: Is there a god?
Tue, 23 Sep 2008 01:34:48 -0700 (PDT)
That's the second (but not last) installment of my response.
On Sep 14, 2:31 am, Gareth McCaughan <Gareth.McCaug...@pobox.com>
wrote:
> In practice, things usually end up being evidence for atheism
> by being evidence against particular varieties of theism. So,
> e.g., the amount and distribution of evil in t ...
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Re: Is there a god?
Mon, 22 Sep 2008 08:52:51 -0700 (PDT)
On Sep 13, 7:40 pm, michaeld <micha...@cantab.net> wrote:
> On Aug 19, 11:48 pm, Gareth McCaughan <Gareth.McCaug...@pobox.com>
> wrote:
[snip]
> > And yes, my basic point is that getting "should" out of things
> > other than "should" is the real difficulty, and one that appears
> > just as hard for the theist as ...
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Re: Is there a god?
Mon, 22 Sep 2008 06:39:28 -0700 (PDT)
On Sep 14, 2:31 am, Gareth McCaughan <Gareth.McCaug...@pobox.com>
wrote:
> DianelosGeorgoudis wrote:
[snip]
> > Well, I think from the context it's clear that by "greater" St. Anselm
> > means "closer to perfection/more valuable/more admirable" and I think
> > that as a practical matter people do agree in thei ...
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Shame and the generative organs
Sun, 21 Sep 2008 14:57:30 +0100
When Adam and Eve first experienced shame, it was their nakedness that
they were ashamed of and, in particular, the exposure of their
genitals. Also pictures show them with their genitals covered with fig
leaves but that might be because of the artists' modesty. But why the
genitals specifically? And why female ...
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Did God Require The Human Sacrifice Of Jesus to Pay for Sin?
Sun, 21 Sep 2008 13:50:08 +0100
If God did not require a sacrifice - nor ever did - even in the days
of Moses, then not a single pigeon nor a dove nor a ram nor a single
bull or goat need ever have been sacrificed.
If He did, then He is a God who is appeased by sacrifices.
I believe that He did not require them, not a single one.
So ...
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afk-ish
Sun, 21 Sep 2008 10:34:36 +0100
I shall be mostly AFK for about the next week. Apologies for
any threads left hanging.
--
Gareth McCaughan
sig under construc
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Have I missed the rapture?
Sat, 20 Sep 2008 11:24:59 +0100
The last post I have received from this ng is midnight on the 17th.
Am I left alone?
Mike
[The reply-to address is valid for 30 days from this posting]
--
Michael J Davis
http://www.trustsof.demon.co.uk
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For this is what the Lord has said to me,
"Go and post a Watchman and let
him report what he ...
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Re: Is there a god? (2)
Fri, 19 Sep 2008 11:33:00 -0700 (PDT)
>Gareth McCaughan <Gareth.McCaughan@pobox.com>
>Re: Is there a god?
>(I replied to this earlier today, but so far as I can see
>my response never reached uk.r.c. Don't know why. My apologies
>if anyone ends up with two copies.)
>
>"DavidH" wrote:
>
>> I shall probably go to my grave with this one!
>[etc.] ...
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Re: Is there a god?
Fri, 19 Sep 2008 11:14:57 -0700 (PDT)
>DavidH <dah7171@googlemail.com>
>Re: Is there a god?
>I shall probably go to my grave with this one! I was brought up as a
>Christian but I have , from an early age, never really believed. I am
>getting on a bit in terms of age. I would like to believe for a lot of
>reasons, one of which would be the righti ...
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