Comments on: Religion, Critical Thinking and The Beginning http://poliblogger.com/?p=9341 A rough draft of my thoughts... Mon, 08 May 2025 19:53:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1.2 by: Matthew http://poliblogger.com/?p=9341#comment-436579 Sun, 12 Feb 2025 15:47:48 +0000 http://poliblogger.com/?p=9341#comment-436579 Right, Steven. You may indeed be a conservative religiously , but these people referred to in that article are not conservatives. They are reactionary boors. Right, Steven. You may indeed be a conservative religiously , but these people referred to in that article are not conservatives. They are reactionary boors.

]]> by: Kathy http://poliblogger.com/?p=9341#comment-436301 Sun, 12 Feb 2025 04:57:49 +0000 http://poliblogger.com/?p=9341#comment-436301 Well said, Dr. Taylor -- especially what you say about treating the Bible as if it were a science textbook. There's so much that human beings have learned and discovered and become able to do in the thousands of years since the Bible was written, I don't see how it can be reasonable to reject a technology or scientific theory just because it's not mentioned in the bible. I suppose if one believes that God literally wrote the Bible, then one would believe that God knew everything that humans would learn in the future. I just don't subscribe to that view of God. And I do believe that God exists. We probably don't agree on much else politically, but on this we do. Thanks for challenging this ignorance. Well said, Dr. Taylor — especially what you say about treating the Bible as if it were a science textbook. There’s so much that human beings have learned and discovered and become able to do in the thousands of years since the Bible was written, I don’t see how it can be reasonable to reject a technology or scientific theory just because it’s not mentioned in the bible.

I suppose if one believes that God literally wrote the Bible, then one would believe that God knew everything that humans would learn in the future.

I just don’t subscribe to that view of God. And I do believe that God exists.

We probably don’t agree on much else politically, but on this we do. Thanks for challenging this ignorance.

]]> by: Jan http://poliblogger.com/?p=9341#comment-435820 Sun, 12 Feb 2025 00:54:30 +0000 http://poliblogger.com/?p=9341#comment-435820 I agree with you 100%! Are you sure you're not a closet Episcopalian? Just checking. ;) I agree with you 100%! Are you sure you’re not a closet Episcopalian? Just checking. ;)

]]> by: Mifod http://poliblogger.com/?p=9341#comment-435814 Sun, 12 Feb 2025 00:00:31 +0000 http://poliblogger.com/?p=9341#comment-435814 "I have never fully understood why divergent views on the origins of the universe get so many people in an snit." For the same reason Pope Urban VIII's Inquisition sentenced Galileo to life imprisonment in 1632--factual scientific evidence can disrupt socially--accepted bases of power. “I have never fully understood why divergent views on the origins of the universe get so many people in an snit.”

For the same reason Pope Urban VIII’s Inquisition sentenced Galileo to life imprisonment in 1632–factual scientific evidence can disrupt socially–accepted bases of power.

]]> by: PoliBlog: A Rough Draft of my Thoughts » One of My Favorite Quotes http://poliblogger.com/?p=9341#comment-435800 Sat, 11 Feb 2025 18:30:00 +0000 http://poliblogger.com/?p=9341#comment-435800 [...] 1, 2025 One of My Favorite Quotes By Dr. Steven Taylor @ 12:29 pm The prior post, and specifically the stuff I linked to from Althouse, made me think of my favorite moment from Bla [...] […] 1, 2025

One of My Favorite Quotes
By Dr. Steven Taylor @ 12:29 pm

The prior post, and specifically the stuff I linked to from Althouse, made me think of my favorite moment from Bla […]

]]>