tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post9127074972248147055..comments2024-03-28T20:04:20.286-07:00Comments on One Cʘsmos: I'm Not Arrogantly Arguing, I'm Humbly Insisting Gagdad Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-48716241584911410742016-11-01T08:52:21.795-07:002016-11-01T08:52:21.795-07:00Anon-
You seem to have missed the point, the poin...Anon-<br /><br />You seem to have missed the point, the point being that of course science has limits. Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00911613613759942690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-11499576939117037842016-11-01T08:40:19.304-07:002016-11-01T08:40:19.304-07:00"Why? Because people love to argue. Am I righ..."Why? Because people love to argue. Am I right?"<br /><br />Can't argue with that.John Lienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02302615225311776021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-67560449405484846402016-11-01T08:38:32.421-07:002016-11-01T08:38:32.421-07:00If I was to ignore you, would that make me an igno...If I was to ignore you, would that make me an ignoramus?Dougmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16376833358762656823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-60796461901176624372016-11-01T08:34:30.823-07:002016-11-01T08:34:30.823-07:00the right wing bone head ignoramus...
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I'...<i>the right wing bone head ignoramus...</i><br /><br />Hey!<br />I'm a bone head.<br />Not of the right wing persuasion.<br /><br />I might have to flick your nose! :)Dougmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16376833358762656823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-45621506406591579292016-11-01T08:20:31.897-07:002016-11-01T08:20:31.897-07:00I have a theory (which is mine) that says that mir...I have a theory (which is mine) that says that miracles only look like miracles to us ordinaries. I don't think miracles disobey any physical laws any more than when I want to move my hand it does. Define miracle and see that it is difficult to do without being very general such as to say, an event which breaks the laws of physics... Kind of a tautology I think.Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12994306709948231112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-16192022176043014542016-11-01T06:38:37.097-07:002016-11-01T06:38:37.097-07:00Hello All. I'm not from Instapundit. But if ...Hello All. I'm not from Instapundit. But if I were, I'd try to identify some bone of contention and get an acrimonious debate started.<br /><br />Why? Because people love to argue. Am I right?<br /><br />Now, the post at hand states the reasonable author occupies the a territory the between the odious leftist materialist and the right wing bone head ignoramus, and that science is limitless, which has a way of limiting the user of science.<br /><br />So, my position is, I just don't get the bit about how science could be limitless. Science is physics and all ramifications of physics. So, why not limits? Beyond the edge of science, the Creator plays in a less structured manner? Miracles, as it were? Science can't cope with unlimited randomness. There's the limit. <br /><br />Comments?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-78954744202661981842016-10-31T18:23:02.390-07:002016-10-31T18:23:02.390-07:00Bob writes:
Bill Maher to the left of me, Rick Wa...Bob writes:<br /><br /><i>Bill Maher to the left of me, Rick Warren or Joel Osteen to the right.</i><br /><br />[singing]<br /><br />..... Here I am, stuck in the middle with you....<br /><br /><br />I don't remember how I found out about this place, Bob, but I'm a regular visitor. Some of your word-play is truly awful, but your insights help me understand my adopted Catholicism. (I was born and raised Protestant, but the Episcopal Church of my youth is gone....)<br /><br />Thanks for being here.<br /><br />Hale Adams<br />Pikesville, People's still-mostly-Democratic Republic of MarylandHale Adamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04444321234572718061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-63828138499675900192016-10-31T14:13:38.498-07:002016-10-31T14:13:38.498-07:00I got my husband to read you, finally. I have one...I got my husband to read you, finally. I have one other person that I tried, and he'd have none of it, or he won't say. He's super-intelligent and mathematical and well-read and faithful, but I suspect there is a pride element involved. I don't know how he interacts with equals, because I have never observed him doing so. He always interacts with lesser intelligences, like myself. <br /><br />My husband understands you completely. I now get him to explain what you have written in a way that I can understand. Christina Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03026226686936294936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-49528951313441207662016-10-31T12:20:59.528-07:002016-10-31T12:20:59.528-07:00I'm reading this biography of Margaret Thatche...I'm reading this biography of Margaret Thatcher, and she was sincerely religious, and also obviously quite intelligent and admirable in other ways. However, she absolutely couldn't get puns or double entendres -- at times she might unintentionally say something with a double meaning, and people would laugh and she would have no idea why. <br /><br />Nevertheless, a great, great woman. Proof that it takes all kinds...Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00911613613759942690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-60790304751844747232016-10-31T12:20:22.885-07:002016-10-31T12:20:22.885-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00911613613759942690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-44453598088207769802016-10-31T12:12:34.772-07:002016-10-31T12:12:34.772-07:00Mushroom, yep. I love my fellow Bible studiers tha...Mushroom, yep. I love my fellow Bible studiers that I meet with weekly, but am fairly certain almost all of them, Catholic or otherwise, would find this place offensive. Most of them just don't have minds built for this kind of verticalisthenic - and that's just fine. <br /><br />To get to the guffaw-Ha, it is necessary first to be able to grasp the aphorism without requiring a diagram. Just like how a joke usually isn't funny if you don't get it, even if it later gets explained so that it makes sense.juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-84730340907907753622016-10-31T12:04:08.749-07:002016-10-31T12:04:08.749-07:00But another thing I've noticed is that my idea...<i>But another thing I've noticed is that my ideas are equally offensive to materialist and religionist alike. I'm trying to put myself in their shoes and figure out why.</i><br /><br />My first thought is it because you are right.<br /><br />As to guys like Warren and Osteen or John Piper, I don't regard them as even being in this arena. They are shepherds -- possibly the kind that Ezekiel 34 warns against, but their job is to look after their flock. People are drawn to them because something they say appeals at some level. They are not -- apart from its utilitarian or pragmatic value, interested in truth. They want good, predictable, obedient sheep. A lot of them are really good people, but they prefer the stability of their tradition. <br /><br />And there is a lot of value in that for the vast majority of people. It's what sometimes draws me back toward Catholicism or Orthodoxy or even the evangelical fellowships.mushroomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07651027035577798096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-50151373545993378082016-10-31T12:03:29.410-07:002016-10-31T12:03:29.410-07:00Rather, it's meant to provoke a guffaw-HA expe...<i>Rather, it's meant to provoke a guffaw-HA experience, a sudden flash of insight, like "how stupid of me not to have thought of that!"</i><br /><br />Keep fishing. You never know when you'll get a good bite. Also, it is entertaining to see people get their dander up when they should be laughing...juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.com