RE: Rant against anti-atheist agnostics.
September 22, 2014 at 5:21 pm
(This post was last modified: September 22, 2014 at 5:27 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
Again, Michael, I'm asking you about things which can follow from the position. I'm going to rake you over the coals on the use of the word "counter-factual" before long....it's a rather generous allowance to be able to claim your own facts to begin with....
These objections are not "contrary to a christian understanding" - they are contrary to -your- understanding. They are objections raised by christian understanding and ultimately they are the objections upon which other christians have decided both in the past and the present that moral influence is insufficient. Pretend, if you must.,...that I'm a protestant, or a southern Baptist, or a JW......anything you like.
These objections are not "contrary to a christian understanding" - they are contrary to -your- understanding. They are objections raised by christian understanding and ultimately they are the objections upon which other christians have decided both in the past and the present that moral influence is insufficient. Pretend, if you must.,...that I'm a protestant, or a southern Baptist, or a JW......anything you like.
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