tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1746564418600302090.post495929208516243059..comments2023-08-09T09:01:29.229-07:00Comments on Pliny's Tangent Du Jour: The Gods of the Gaps: a Simple MetaphorPliny-the-in-Betweenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16580900408227953736noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1746564418600302090.post-30720075882442999072010-10-04T19:13:30.046-07:002010-10-04T19:13:30.046-07:00The "God of the gaps" argument acknowled...The "God of the gaps" argument acknowledges that there are fewer and fewer goles in our knowledge of the Universe. If you are a believer, you must either accept your particular choice of scripture as being totally correct and, therefore, explanatory of everything, or you must retreat into using such terms as "allegorical/parable/not literal/etc." In such situations one must either deny what we may have learned about the Universe since Scripture was compiled or must go through considerable mental contortions to continue to believe. Hence the circuitous reconstructions of destroyed bridges becomes necessary.Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10797750710657979526noreply@blogger.com