tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28755195.post5496514550146624592..comments2023-09-25T04:26:51.568-06:00Comments on The Barefoot Bum: Po' babyLarry Hamelinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08788697573946266404noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28755195.post-5543902657526345462007-07-28T00:48:00.000-06:002007-07-28T00:48:00.000-06:00If the problem is still not resolved, reinstall In...If the problem is still not resolved, reinstall <A HREF="www.internet-explorer-errors.com/index.php?k=internet+explorer+6,7" REL="nofollow">Internet Explorer </A>. If you are using the version of Internet Explorer that is included with your operating system, reinstall or repair your operating system.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28755195.post-39393102415140431962007-06-29T19:43:00.000-06:002007-06-29T19:43:00.000-06:00I have the same problem with my wife. Like mine, s...I have the same problem with <I>my</I> wife. Like mine, she probably knows you better than I do. :DLarry Hamelinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08788697573946266404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28755195.post-54247314542983296712007-06-29T18:41:00.000-06:002007-06-29T18:41:00.000-06:00You seem not only clever but sensible as well.Ha! ...<I>You seem not only clever but sensible as well.</I><BR/><BR/>Ha! I'll have to show my wife that. She doesn't believe me when <I>I</I> tell her!Owenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06153241381781786537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28755195.post-56773179645217788792007-06-29T18:16:00.000-06:002007-06-29T18:16:00.000-06:00I'll try not to be too much of an idiot in your pr...<I>I'll try not to be too much of an idiot in your presence then</I><BR/><BR/>You're succeeding handily! You seem not only clever but sensible as well.<BR/><BR/><I>Which is, er, not entirely convincing.</I><BR/><BR/>You have a talent for understatement as well.<BR/><BR/>I hope you'll stick around.Larry Hamelinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08788697573946266404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28755195.post-38479987908016400732007-06-29T17:41:00.000-06:002007-06-29T17:41:00.000-06:00Well, I'll try not to be too much of an idiot in y...Well, I'll try not to be too much of an idiot in your presence then...<BR/><BR/>You know, reading this Kenneth chap has finally put the boot in for any idea I might have had about theology being anything other than a waste of time.<BR/><BR/>Kenneth is, as you point out, a very sharp cookie. He clearly knows his stuff, and can reason cogently. But all the arguments appear to rely on the fact that the scriptures are a reasonable place to begin. <B>No, no, no</B>. First tell me why I should take the scriptures seriously, <I>then</I> we'll tackle the arguments based on them.<BR/><BR/>I think I now see both why Dawkins was given such a hard time for not covering enough theology in TGD, and why he was absolutely right to do what he did. No-one (not even smart people like Kenneth) appears able to give a satisfactory basis for the authority of scripture, but they don't seem to care. I keep waiting for the killer argument, but even when they <I>do</I> recognize the need themselves, they fall back on moves like the "different ways of knowing". Which is, er, not <I>entirely</I> convincing.<BR/><BR/>(Tell you what, it's hard work writing comments like this. Editing down all the random thoughts I have on this topic to a readable couple of paragraphs that still reflect the meaning in my head is darn tough!)Owenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06153241381781786537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28755195.post-34885703998332381922007-06-29T14:46:00.000-06:002007-06-29T14:46:00.000-06:00Thanks for the feedback. The apology and clarifica...Thanks for the feedback. The apology and clarification have been inserted in the earlier post.<BR/><BR/>You don't have to be reticent: I can be quite the bastard when it suits me. It's just who I am. I don't easily suffer fools.Larry Hamelinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08788697573946266404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28755195.post-53814631722494992842007-06-29T13:27:00.000-06:002007-06-29T13:27:00.000-06:00>>> If I'm wrong or misleading, I'll apologize, bu...>>> If I'm wrong or misleading, I'll apologize, but I don't think I'm wrong. <<<<BR/><BR/>As a data-point, I interpreted your statement the way he did too. Things might have been different if I'd read his article first, but I didn't. Perhaps I skimmed yours a bit quicker than I normally do too. Either way, my first reading was that you were paraphrasing him, not drawing a conclusion as such.<BR/><BR/>That's not to say I agree with most of his complaint -- I think your conclusion is pretty much spot-on -- but at least one other person read the statement in question the wrong way.<BR/><BR/>(For balance, I do think you can on occasion be more, er, hard-edged, than is strictly necessary, but I've spent a lot of time around places like Pharyngula, so you appear quite placid by comparison...)Owenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06153241381781786537noreply@blogger.com