tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post1256408249878151718..comments2024-03-28T08:06:43.198-04:00Comments on The Silicon Graybeard: Happy Easter!SiGraybeardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00280583031339062059noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-70551866838450238482018-04-02T22:50:36.237-04:002018-04-02T22:50:36.237-04:00Faith is a fallacy, a thinking error. I don't...Faith is a fallacy, a thinking error. I don't fill in unexplored areas of the map with fantastic monsters. The idea of a first cause with no prior cause is ridiculous, and also the idea of an infinite regression of causes is ridiculous; we already know both of these can't be correct. I don't know how the first cause works.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-63943552267461793262018-04-02T21:51:35.981-04:002018-04-02T21:51:35.981-04:00In the end it is left to our free will to believe ...In the end it is left to our free will to believe and follow or to not believe. It seems that tyrants have never accepted that idea.indyjonesoutherenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-57873434804183566302018-04-02T12:57:12.068-04:002018-04-02T12:57:12.068-04:00And why is it every time someone takes issue with ...And why is it every time someone takes issue with an idea, they feel the need to educate us as to how backward we are, yet don't have the fortitude to put their name to it?<br />I am a person of science as well, but you can only explain things back so far. <br />To say that there was nothing, which then exploded and went everywhere instantly (Big Bang theory) with our existence happening merely by chance. Well that takes just as big of a leap of faith. There is just too much that can't be explained.<br /><br />Leigh <br />Whitehall, NYLeighnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-15853433601579533412018-04-02T11:38:27.337-04:002018-04-02T11:38:27.337-04:00When the only rejoinder to the likelihood of a res...When the only rejoinder to the likelihood of a resurrection is "But hypothetical space aliens playing a joke at humanity's expense..." you've pretty much left any pretense of logic and rational thought behind in the rear view mirror, at a speed measured in Mach numbers.<br /><br />But the next time you've been caught catting around by your girlfriend/spouse/etc., do, by all means, try to play the Hypothetical Aliens Card, and let the class know the outcome of that clever rhetorical gambit. Aesophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07834464741531503378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-35469724712646967242018-04-02T08:49:43.127-04:002018-04-02T08:49:43.127-04:00Thanks, Jason. Much more coherent than my respons...Thanks, Jason. Much more coherent than my response ;-) <br /><br />SiGraybeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00280583031339062059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-57421088866485966062018-04-02T08:34:04.925-04:002018-04-02T08:34:04.925-04:00The answer to this riddle lies very simply in the ...The answer to this riddle lies very simply in the profession of faith and the basic tenants of Christianity.<br /><br />If an evil creed of Martians were to do this (or any manipulative being), would the basic rules be, "Love each other as yourself"? Look closely at the teaching of Christ: care for each other; care for the poor and weak; observe the Ten Commandments, none of which are a horrible burden, but rather, a blueprint for civilized life.<br /><br />Notwithstanding flawed men who have corrupted these teachings over the millennia (and there have certainly been plenty), if you boil it down to gravy, the basic teachings belie any nefarious source.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10008876440867581408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-58768599706533122792018-04-01T14:14:48.005-04:002018-04-01T14:14:48.005-04:00Why is it impossible for extraterrestrial aliens t...<i> Why is it impossible for extraterrestrial aliens to be evil like this, and mess with humans by remote controlling Christ as a puppet? Why is it assumed there are no other lifeforms in the entire universe of a trillion galaxies besides humans and God? Why is the first incremental Occam's razor step of speculated extraterrestrial aliens, the step that the alien is the creator of the human-observable universe?</i> <br /><br />Where did I say anything at all like any of those? <br /><br />You are, as always, free to believe anything you wish. I'm not trying to convert you or change you in any way at all. Or anyone else, for that matter. <br /><br />SiGraybeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00280583031339062059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-33315376608846707202018-04-01T14:01:05.979-04:002018-04-01T14:01:05.979-04:00amazon review: "Strobel goes well beyond the ...amazon review: "Strobel goes well beyond the classic "liar, lunatic, Lord" trilemma made famous by C.S. Lewis."<br /><br />If Hitler had a spaceship and the opportunity to conquer credulous Martians by lying to them with great propaganda, he'd do it. Why is it impossible for extraterrestrial aliens to be evil like this, and mess with humans by remote controlling Christ as a puppet? Why is it assumed there are no other lifeforms in the entire universe of a trillion galaxies besides humans and God? Why is the first incremental Occam's razor step of speculated extraterrestrial aliens, the step that the alien is the creator of the human-observable universe?<br /><br /> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_W._Fowler#Stages_of_Faith<br /><br />Progression of faith looks to me like mental-software encysting of a foreign body which can't be eliminated. The indigestible lump is 'humans don't have answers to those questions'.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-30904165129149661692018-04-01T09:53:44.072-04:002018-04-01T09:53:44.072-04:00I quite liked this post. Happy Easter, GraybeardI quite liked this post. Happy Easter, GraybeardBorepatchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05029434172945099693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-10430922868762931032018-04-01T08:59:45.555-04:002018-04-01T08:59:45.555-04:00Agreed 100%. As DRJIM wrote, "beautifully put...Agreed 100%. As DRJIM wrote, "beautifully put".<br /><br />The pulled pork sounds delicious. <br /><br />Happy Easter!LLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05538854359365988863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-62016790727763905542018-04-01T08:22:23.493-04:002018-04-01T08:22:23.493-04:00Have a very happy Easter. We are reminded that ho...Have a very happy Easter. We are reminded that hope is once again in the world.McChuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10243337792601085456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-75464632868945758942018-03-31T23:20:52.422-04:002018-03-31T23:20:52.422-04:00Beautifully put!
We're having the entire fami...Beautifully put!<br /><br />We're having the entire family over, and my stepson is bringing over his smoker to do carne asada.<br /><br />Enjoy the day. He is indeed risen.drjimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05647484115197408897noreply@blogger.com