tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10584495.post469995064249091906..comments2024-03-28T08:58:27.412-07:00Comments on dangerous idea: David Bentley Hart on New AtheismVictor Repperthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10962948073162156902noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10584495.post-32389972597262093082016-11-30T02:22:19.810-07:002016-11-30T02:22:19.810-07:00the last reason rally bears you put,8000 people fr...the last reason rally bears you put,8000 people from all over the country.Joseph Hinman (Metacrock)https://www.blogger.com/profile/06957529748541493998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10584495.post-69880759218342412962016-11-29T23:50:46.422-07:002016-11-29T23:50:46.422-07:00If your official position on an issue is "I d...If your official position on an issue is "I don't know," then people will eventually fill the hole with something or other. Human fantasy is so fertile. Humility is a weak posture.<br /><br />The opposite of religion is not some other religion - it's "I don't know." Unfortunately, there's always a scam artist ready to sell easy answers to the gullible masses. When people escape from religious totalitarianism, they tend to fall right into quasi-religious political totalitarianism.<br /><br />But sometimes the truth is simply that we don't know.John B. Moorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00234524731241646514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10584495.post-53074705437711123272016-11-29T10:39:47.653-07:002016-11-29T10:39:47.653-07:00When atheists declare that atheism is "simply...When atheists declare that atheism is "simply not believing" in something, and insist that you can't legitimately ascribe anything to it which can be pinned down and debated, they are basically saying that "there is no there there!" If their definition is correct, then it's no wonder that people will eventually fill the hole with something or other.<br /><br />I believe it was C.S. Lewis who once wrote that the opposite of good religion is not no religion - it's bad religion. Which is probably why atheists have historically been so susceptible to various totalitarian ideologies. They have no defense against them.B. Prokophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10548980245078214688noreply@blogger.com