Re: Re: Bonobos digest, Vol 1 #205 - 3 msgs

On Fri, Dec 14, 2001 at 01:27:12PM -0600, Jeremy Shipley wrote:
> In response to my posting on the problem of evil Kendall wrote quite a bit 
> on process theology.
> 
> Thanks, I'm not sure I needed to know that stuff, but then who wants to know 
> only what they need to.  

Lighten up... :>

Seriously, I wasn't *advocating* process stuff, nor was I evangelizing it.
If I were still a theologian, and I went in for formal god-talk myself, I'd
be a process sort. But I'm a garden variety atheist. :>

However, in a history of ideas kind of way, it's important and neglected
stuff, especially in regard to the problem of evil formulations we've been
kicking around. (That is, most people who teach modern religious thought are
garden variety atheists, and that's a *good* thing!)

>Anyway, here  goes:
> 
> 1)If God exists then the devout ought to be the most holy.
> 2)Throughout history the devout have (often) been the most atrocious.
> 3)Therefore, ~G

Hey, that reminds me of Nietzsche's quip, of Christians: "but they don't
*look* redeemed". Indeed.

> Have I betrayed my affinity for arguing with a hammer? I like 3 premise no 
> nonsense formulations.

Hammer, Nietzschean tuning-fork, what's the diff? Gooonnnnggggg! :>

Kendall