They say a picture is worth a thousand words. If so, your previous post, Anima, must be worth about ten pictures. But I need only one:
For all your erudite (pedantic?) discussion of philosophers and their ideas, you can do neither of the following: 1) demonstrate that God exists, or that the existence of God is the best fit for reality as we observe it. 2) demonstrate that your particular God idea or religious tradition is superior to that of Hindus, Buddhists, pagans, or anyone else.
You are writing in a context where short, concise answers rule the day, and where more is less. But nobody can be blinded by a sandstorm of just a couple grains, right? All I see when I see these long-winded attempts is what I can read between the lines: "Nyaah nyaah, I don't need to provide evidence for my assertions about reality, until you've waded through my bibliography!" But I can provide plenty of evidence supporting my resistance to your God ideas, and in a single source: your bedroom window. Look out it, and tell me what you see (or, more specifically, do not).
Try reading this. What more proof does anyone need?
For all your erudite (pedantic?) discussion of philosophers and their ideas, you can do neither of the following: 1) demonstrate that God exists, or that the existence of God is the best fit for reality as we observe it. 2) demonstrate that your particular God idea or religious tradition is superior to that of Hindus, Buddhists, pagans, or anyone else.
You are writing in a context where short, concise answers rule the day, and where more is less. But nobody can be blinded by a sandstorm of just a couple grains, right? All I see when I see these long-winded attempts is what I can read between the lines: "Nyaah nyaah, I don't need to provide evidence for my assertions about reality, until you've waded through my bibliography!" But I can provide plenty of evidence supporting my resistance to your God ideas, and in a single source: your bedroom window. Look out it, and tell me what you see (or, more specifically, do not).
(June 10, 2015 at 12:13 am)Anima Wrote:(June 6, 2015 at 1:35 pm)francismjenkins Wrote: The Catholic Church does the best job of obfuscating this issue (with sophistic gymnastics) .... when in reality, it shouldn't matter how much Catholic scholars like Aristotelian ethics or metaphysics, when the entire claim that underlies the existence of the Catholic Church (and all churches), is bullshit.You got proof it is bullshit? If not how do we know you are not full of shit?
Try reading this. What more proof does anyone need?