I saw one person describe Barth as a man who couldn't hold his ink.
Debunking Christianity: Is There Such a Thing as “Theological Humility”? · 1 hour ago
The religious ones are backed by a Supreme authority figure. Just look at the book of Job! Human beings can also force their views on us. But they are more susceptible to reason, for onevthing, but...
Debunking Christianity: New Chapter: The Emotional Problem of Evil · 1 hour ago
That is the main difference. You can argue with the secular one, but you are just supposed to submit to the other.
Debunking Christianity: New Chapter: The Emotional Problem of Evil · 1 hour ago
In 1982 I wrote my M.A. thesis on "Karl Barth's Doctrine of the Word." The question was how we are to know doctrine and where it comes from. In the end it was as illusive as "a...
Debunking Christianity: Is There Such a Thing as “Theological Humility”? · 1 hour ago
A god type of morality is probably, over all, the worst type of morality. After all, the rest of us cannot reason with it.
Debunking Christianity: New Chapter: The Emotional Problem of Evil · 1 hour ago
I think all morality is ultimately secular. It is just a contrast between a morality defined by one set of people who then justify it by attributing it to a god, versus another set of humans who...
Debunking Christianity: New Chapter: The Emotional Problem of Evil · 1 hour ago
As I announced before, I wrote a paper for a symposium on "atheist ethics without God". It's being peer reviewed now and should be published on or about July 16th. When it does I'll link to it....
Debunking Christianity: New Chapter: The Emotional Problem of Evil · 2 hours ago
Ultimately, the quesion here is morality/suffering/evil as they relate to God/gods/religion(s) versus rationality without supposing a supernatural power.
Debunking Christianity: New Chapter: The Emotional Problem of Evil · 2 hours ago
For one thing secular moralities work. Religious ones, not that much.
Debunking Christianity: New Chapter: The Emotional Problem of Evil · 2 hours ago
This morality should inform us what to do if it's good. That's the nature of morality, to inform us what is best to do. No one should insist that morality is wrong simply because someone disagrees,...
Debunking Christianity: New Chapter: The Emotional Problem of Evil · 2 hours ago
I certainly agree that man is nowhere near ready to come up with a universal, international moral code based on anything other than the law of the stronger power. Internally, at the inter-tribal...
Debunking Christianity: New Chapter: The Emotional Problem of Evil · 3 hours ago
...but the fact that man wants to stay alive is a reality.
It's a reality that is held in the human mind. The universe doesn't care about our survival....
Debunking Christianity: New Chapter: The Emotional Problem of Evil · 3 hours ago
Before reading this post from you, I replied in another comment to you that "intra-tribal" and "inter-tribal" are not necessarily the same, maybe rarely so. Among early...
Debunking Christianity: New Chapter: The Emotional Problem of Evil · 4 hours ago
Call it "fact" instead of objective truth if you like. Is it an objective truth to say that man wants to stay alive? The desire to stay alive itself is subjective and emotional, but the...
Debunking Christianity: New Chapter: The Emotional Problem of Evil · 4 hours ago
And it is an objective truth...
That you had to add, "as I personally see it, anyway" is a giveaway that it's NOT an objective truth. I know that this is a...
Debunking Christianity: New Chapter: The Emotional Problem of Evil · 4 hours ago
Of course we still have those problems, and I am sure more problems can be found. For example, I see a clear break, even a clash, between intra-tribal morality and inter-tribal morality. What a...
Debunking Christianity: New Chapter: The Emotional Problem of Evil · 4 hours ago
So we must be good to people, our kin, our neighbors, our tribes.
However that alone will not help me (or in this case Trump) to decide whether or not the US should assist...
Debunking Christianity: New Chapter: The Emotional Problem of Evil · 5 hours ago
...those criteria could be - not that they are - the basis for a rational morality.
We still have a problem: there are half-dozen or so definitions of...
Debunking Christianity: New Chapter: The Emotional Problem of Evil · 5 hours ago
The article is from 2019, updated 2022. As of today, the milkman model hasn't reached these parts. I don't know how widespread it is stateside.
Debunking Christianity: New Chapter: The Emotional Problem of Evil · 5 hours ago
For a religion that preaches forgiveness it is disgusting how quick they are to judge and condemn one of their own. After I left the church I heard rumors that they were using me as an example as...
Debunking Christianity: New Chapter: The Emotional Problem of Evil · 5 hours ago
And it is an objective truth - as I personally see it, anyway - that we do wish to live a fruitful life as social animals. Nobody doesn't, unless they are not "normal". I would add...
Debunking Christianity: New Chapter: The Emotional Problem of Evil · 5 hours ago
Enlightening essay. It offers some solutions at the end that I hope get wider implementation. “We need to stop shipping recycling abroad,” he says. “No civilised society should be getting rid of...
Debunking Christianity: New Chapter: The Emotional Problem of Evil · 6 hours ago
How about this: A solitary life in the wild is both lonely and dangerous. If we wish to live a fruitful life as social animals we need others: parents, spouses, children. So we must be good to...
Debunking Christianity: New Chapter: The Emotional Problem of Evil · 7 hours ago
Stories like this, don't instill much confidence either.
Debunking Christianity: New Chapter: The Emotional Problem of Evil · 7 hours ago
I don't think anyone, anytime, anywhere would deny that we are all aware of being alive and do not wish to die and that we all feel pain. These may be subjective, but they are universal and...
Debunking Christianity: New Chapter: The Emotional Problem of Evil · 8 hours ago