tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post3405690563965192958..comments2024-03-06T03:15:58.539-05:00Comments on <b>THE NEW REFORM CLUB</b>: A Gallimaufry of Galimatias - IIHunter Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14961831404331998743noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post-76288350934243130222007-02-11T16:16:00.000-05:002007-02-11T16:16:00.000-05:00Yes, Evanston, I was trying to get at that point b...Yes, Evanston, I was trying to get at that point by sort of eliminating the other rational possibilities.<BR/><BR/>And James, I used the noble lie argument to highlight the absurdity of her presentation.<BR/><BR/>She says:<BR/>1) Religion works.<BR/>2) I offer no evidence anything else works.<BR/>3) I don't like Novak's explanation why it works.<BR/>4) Based on that, I say junk the thing that works.<BR/><BR/>In no other field could someone get away with such a flawed opening.Jay D. Homnickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14714671338316275833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post-72273548172468382462007-02-11T15:03:00.000-05:002007-02-11T15:03:00.000-05:00The exegesis may be fine, just unwelcome.The latte...The exegesis may be fine, just unwelcome.<BR/><BR/>The latter half of Romans chapter 1 (starting with verse 18) deals with this at length. <BR/>Or per 1 Corinthians 2:14 (ESV) "The natural person does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are folly to him, and he is not able to understand them because they are spiritually discerned."Evanston2https://www.blogger.com/profile/09851967034946400308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post-16580035207013131862007-02-11T14:36:00.000-05:002007-02-11T14:36:00.000-05:00"If there is no higher spiritual reality, how can ..."If there is no higher spiritual reality, how can humans have an innate sense higher than the prevailing reality?"<BR/><BR/>I'm not an expert on terminology, but isn't this a specific type of logical fallacy?James F. Elliotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16747033407956667363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post-82745566845047020422007-02-11T14:10:00.000-05:002007-02-11T14:10:00.000-05:00Isn't that just the same principle as the "noble l...Isn't that just the same principle as the "noble lie" that Hunter has expressed support for?James F. Elliotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16747033407956667363noreply@blogger.com