tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post6022013976757945199..comments2024-03-28T12:10:26.197-07:00Comments on One Cʘsmos: Encircling the Adversary in Metavangelism Gagdad Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comBlogger36125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-41361585909642898062014-08-01T08:58:04.183-07:002014-08-01T08:58:04.183-07:00I don't know if I even agree that it's an ...I don't know if I even agree that it's an adequate theory. In only the broadest strokes does science manage to explain anything about the development of life, but as soon as questions about the details spring up, it is suddenly time to pivot.<br /><br />Anyway, if it's true that 97% of the stuff of the universe is undetectable by science, why should we think that we know all about what life is made of just because we can examine the chemistry? What about the stuff we don't even know we're missing?juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-9129368999233848332014-08-01T08:00:17.782-07:002014-08-01T08:00:17.782-07:00I'm a theist because I don't believe in ma...I'm a theist because I <i>don't</i> believe in magic.Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13720790978632771716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-49897086049374556532014-08-01T07:57:51.233-07:002014-08-01T07:57:51.233-07:00Yeah, but there's another universe where roste...Yeah, but there's another universe where rosters do that.<br />Has to be.Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13720790978632771716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-54774972786322705252014-08-01T07:46:43.636-07:002014-08-01T07:46:43.636-07:00But they do win every argument, for the same reaso...But they do win every argument, for the same reason the rooster causes every sunrise.Peteynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-9206670095090006392014-08-01T07:35:23.552-07:002014-08-01T07:35:23.552-07:00Looking downward only, I suppose it is an adequate...Looking downward only, I suppose it is an adequate theory. But it fails the moment one turns around and looks up. It arbitrarily accepts material and efficient causation, but ignores or rejects formal and final. Then the tenured apes catechize the LoFos, spreading their memes into the next generation. So their infrahuman memes "win," but at the expense of Man.Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-16944748067736697262014-08-01T07:28:08.402-07:002014-08-01T07:28:08.402-07:00True. But still sad, because it's so backwards...True. But still sad, because it's so backwards. As though, having invented a hammer, a man reimagines the world such that all things exist to serve the purpose of hammering.juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-5182550875488424192014-08-01T07:17:21.642-07:002014-08-01T07:17:21.642-07:00One of the intrinsic problems with liberals is tha...One of the intrinsic problems with liberals is that Darwinism is more or less adequate to explain them (since they reject their own humanness), so in that sense I agree with anonymous. His comments are autobiographical -- not arguments but confessions of a frustrated primate. Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-28275792582504083042014-08-01T07:00:40.981-07:002014-08-01T07:00:40.981-07:00Stop hatin' on truth!Stop hatin' on truth!Baracknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-43841933562569422692014-08-01T06:58:28.305-07:002014-08-01T06:58:28.305-07:00Give that man a Ph.D.!Give that man a Ph.D.!Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-79608401465288801422014-08-01T05:10:57.597-07:002014-08-01T05:10:57.597-07:00Now, now, gentlemen - the first step on the path t...Now, now, gentlemen - the first step on the path to wisdom is admitting one's ignorance. Apparently, there's hope for anony, yet! And clearly, he hasn't spent much time in the process of mining a concise gem of information and extracting the meaning, given that he can't seem to stick to any one point for more than the time it takes to fill one comment box.<br /><br />To the point, the point is precisely that "man" and "Darwinism" are not rivals, and could not possibly be, given that "man" is an expression of being and "Darwinism" is simply a concept used to try to explain how we got here. Or more bluntly, it is a tool that man uses to try to explore certain questions. Questions which, I might add, have extremely dubious utility in a purely Darwinian universe. As a tool, is it very good at what it purports to do? Clearly, a great many people, upon examining the evidence, find that it comes up dreadfully short in explaining how a band of smart monkeys has managed to have conversations in light and electrons across continents instantaneously, far less what any of that has to do with reproducing. And that's just a for instance.<br /><br />More simply, man - any individual man - is far greater than the sum of his chemical parts, and even greater than the structure of his DNA. Chemicals are the what; they do not explain the how, much less the why of it all. For that, we have to look in the ether direction.<br /><br />I could go on, and on, and on, but you really must start pulling your own weight on pain of remaining an ignoramus the rest of your life.juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-52826909612787620742014-07-31T21:45:02.717-07:002014-07-31T21:45:02.717-07:00Witless churl.Witless churl.Skullynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-34355399897107516132014-07-31T21:42:55.261-07:002014-07-31T21:42:55.261-07:00Yes Anon, we know you are profoundly stupid. Thank...Yes Anon, we know you are profoundly stupid. Thanks for demonstrating that in such an amusing manner. :)USS Ben USN (Ret)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07492369604790651538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-14816134874328051262014-07-31T21:41:21.071-07:002014-07-31T21:41:21.071-07:00LOL! What a maroon! LOL! What a maroon! USS Ben USN (Ret)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07492369604790651538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-87299697117599754702014-07-31T21:33:46.801-07:002014-07-31T21:33:46.801-07:00Now that was funny aninny!Now <i>that</i> was funny aninny!Van Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08470413719262297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-85274444625027152642014-07-31T21:23:48.566-07:002014-07-31T21:23:48.566-07:00man explains Darwinism, and that therefore Darwini...<i>man explains Darwinism, and that therefore Darwinism cannot (fully) explain man. This is a simple truism that most anyone who hasn't attended graduate school should be able to grasp, and yet, profound in its consequences</i><br /><br />Guess I should go to grad school, because your truism sounds profoundly stupid to me. It sets up a completely false contest for explanatory priority (or something) as if "man" and "Darwinism" are rivals, an absurd notion. Rivals for what? What an astonishingly impoverished view of humanity you must have, that it can be threatened by scientific realities.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-40007407815588018712014-07-31T17:59:34.081-07:002014-07-31T17:59:34.081-07:00"If you want to minimize civilian casualties,..."If you want to minimize civilian casualties, then minimize the dangers of war, by no longer coming to the rescue of those who start wars."<br /><br />"There is something grotesque about people living thousands of miles away, in safety and comfort, loftily second-guessing and trying to micro-manage what the Israelis are doing in a matter of life and death."<br />Thomas SowellUSS Ben USN (Ret)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07492369604790651538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-59855312753097141732014-07-31T17:04:06.144-07:002014-07-31T17:04:06.144-07:00Wow. This is mighty inconvenient...for Bill Clinto...Wow. This is mighty inconvenient...for Bill Clinton:<br />http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2014/07/on-september-10-2001-clinton-explained-why-he-didnt-kill-bin-laden.php?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+powerlineblog%2Flivefeed+%28Power+Line%29<br /><br />That's odd. I never would assume anyone near Bin Laden to be innocent. But I guess it makes Clinton feel morally superior to say that.USS Ben USN (Ret)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07492369604790651538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-75826966335702306892014-07-31T16:56:42.707-07:002014-07-31T16:56:42.707-07:00Rick, indeed!
It's insane to throw away all fo...Rick, indeed!<br />It's insane to throw away all foundational eternal truths just as it's stupid to not build on them.USS Ben USN (Ret)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07492369604790651538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-18034410352281540992014-07-31T16:54:20.271-07:002014-07-31T16:54:20.271-07:00Metavangelist.
I like that word. Van is lucky, it...Metavangelist.<br /><br />I like that word. Van is lucky, it fits him to a tee.USS Ben USN (Ret)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07492369604790651538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-16360130242037804772014-07-31T16:52:52.247-07:002014-07-31T16:52:52.247-07:00You know what they say, if it ain't eternally ...You know what they say, if it ain't eternally useful, it ain't the truth!Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13720790978632771716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-3386955838408936962014-07-31T16:50:22.029-07:002014-07-31T16:50:22.029-07:00mushroom said...
The leftist lives in hell ...
Th... mushroom said...<br />The leftist lives in hell ...<br /><br />That would explain why they believe so fervently in global warming. And, in that case, it is anthropogenic."<br /><br />Heh!USS Ben USN (Ret)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07492369604790651538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-74028336800252444112014-07-31T16:49:36.927-07:002014-07-31T16:49:36.927-07:00Hi Rick!
Excellent reason to engage in the now, o...Hi Rick! <br />Excellent reason to engage in the now, on a spiritual and cultural level.USS Ben USN (Ret)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07492369604790651538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-7345732659473652922014-07-31T16:46:00.292-07:002014-07-31T16:46:00.292-07:00"Hating modernity resembles liberals who hate..."Hating modernity resembles liberals who hate humans, progress, freedom, technology, etc. Anyone can reject the world. The idea is to redeem the world."<br /><br />Aye! If Christians forget that then they are no longer Christians.USS Ben USN (Ret)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07492369604790651538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-37960823981969325222014-07-31T16:25:10.603-07:002014-07-31T16:25:10.603-07:00"Remember the wise words of our Dear Leader: ..."Remember the wise words of our Dear Leader: the white man's greed runs a world in need."<br /><br />Whenever I hear a leftist make a remark like that, which isn't very often around here, thank God, I always say:<br /><br />"Well, I think envy is wrong."<br /><br />At first their eyes get wide, then they turn red out of rage or shame ( or both) then it's either crickets, inaudible mumbling or more leftist splatitudes, but they are always thrown for a loop. <br /><br />What can I say? I simply won't allow such nonsense to go unchallenged anymore.<br />USS Ben USN (Ret)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07492369604790651538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-53836515898613644032014-07-31T16:14:54.202-07:002014-07-31T16:14:54.202-07:00"If there is a hierarchy -- which there is --..."If there is a hierarchy -- which there is -- then it is conditioned from the top. In other words, exclude the top and you destroy the hierarchy, as you have descended into relativism. The Absolute is the only thing that saves us from the tyranny of relativism. Which is why it is so hated by the left. Our success is predicated on their freedom, whereas their success is predicated on denying ours. Not exactly a symmetrical war!"<br /><br />Precisely! Those on the left pride themselves on their alleged ability to tolerate, but they are vehemently intolerate to anyone who loves freedom, liberty, and life. Or anyone who is successful because of freedom and hard work.<br /><br />Of course, the wealthy leftists get a pass because they use their money to destroy freedom. <br />Of course, if the left manage to steal the property of the successful they will turn on their own wealthy high priests because they'll be in an even worse hell than before.<br />USS Ben USN (Ret)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07492369604790651538noreply@blogger.com