Again, why can't reason result in an absolute.
And yet you generally do know, or believe with enough certainty that for all practical purposes it's as good as absolute knowledge.
Don't flatter yourself...humility, remember?
No. If I did, I wouldn't be Christian. Note though that "gets wrong" is pretty ambiguous. For example, is it getting it wrong to give ethics that are less than ideal due to practical considerations?
(November 21, 2017 at 1:28 pm)vulcanlogician Wrote: It is actually Nuran Halitogullari's father who failed to think of things so deeply. My whole point was to endorse "I don't know" as a good position to have (in the same way Dawkins doesn't know how life came from non-life, yet he still has his head on straight concerning biology).
And yet you generally do know, or believe with enough certainty that for all practical purposes it's as good as absolute knowledge.
Quote:Since I have introduced myself to you via a scathing indictment of scriptural literalism,
Don't flatter yourself...humility, remember?
Quote:Anyway, with those pleasantries out of the way, let me ask you: Do you think it is possible that the bible gets ethics wrong in places?
No. If I did, I wouldn't be Christian. Note though that "gets wrong" is pretty ambiguous. For example, is it getting it wrong to give ethics that are less than ideal due to practical considerations?
