tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1746564418600302090.post3692155965500801669..comments2023-08-09T09:01:29.229-07:00Comments on Pliny's Tangent Du Jour: Would Thomas Aquinas be an Atheist if He Were Born in the 21st Century?Pliny-the-in-Betweenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16580900408227953736noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1746564418600302090.post-37447404336150808922011-07-16T08:59:42.081-07:002011-07-16T08:59:42.081-07:00Seems to me that the 'best' argument theis...Seems to me that the 'best' argument theists have against those two arguments against gods has been set aside since they stopped imprisoning people for blasphemy.<br /><br />"Know what? You're hurting Christians' foo-foos! Maybe a bit of hard labour will cure you of that!"pboyfloydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01475980562742243007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1746564418600302090.post-28589148298338984752011-07-16T08:56:42.614-07:002011-07-16T08:56:42.614-07:00Yea, sure, and what about Aristotle, is he a great...Yea, sure, and what about Aristotle, is he a great 'argument from pure reason' dude?<br /><br />Seems to me that they absolutely loved his argument from pure reason.<br /><br />I know that I'm totally wrong here but I imagine a Ray Comfort kind of guy yammering on about the shape of a fucking banana, just to run interference for the politicians who doubled as theologians back then, basically keeping the population disenfranchised, where they 'belong'.<br /><br />Seems to me that the two flagships of atheist pure reason, ".. is God powerful enough to ban evil but just doesn't want to, then why worship him?", and, "Does God enforce morality or create morality?", ought to be enough to convince everyone really, because they suggest there's no need for God, instead of trying to invoke Him, which is invoking magic.pboyfloydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01475980562742243007noreply@blogger.com