Sunday, February 8, 2009
The ‘Non-Existing Existing God’ Revisited, Part IV (Metalrat and Ciel)
My short piece on the ‘Non-Existing Existing God’, while not overly popular (what else is new? LOL) did elicit some interesting comments at least from the ‘usual suspects.’ Especially if these comments come in form of questions, I am gratified because that can lead to meaningful debate. Not only...
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Monday, February 2, 2009
The ‘Non-Existing Existing God’ Revisited – Response to Mneme, Part III
In wrapping up my response to Mneme, I thought it might be useful to address a few of the further comments it generated. This is not quite like a live debate, but almost...lol I picked the ones I did either because I find them relatively easy to answer, or else because they go to the heart of the...
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Sunday, February 1, 2009
The ‘Non-Existing Existing God’ Revisited – Response to Mneme, Part II
In Part I argued that the ‘sacred canopy’ was torn in a process of dissent and ‘democratization.’ But it would be a mistake to see that merely as a loss, and I need to go a little farther afield for answers. Now, as many of you already know, as an atheist/agnostic (I can claim membership in both...
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Monday, January 26, 2009
The ‘Non-Existing Existing God’ Revisited – Response to Mneme, Part I
Some of you may recall my post from several days ago, found here: http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Nautikos6191/589110. Of course, it had absolutely nothing to do with the question of God’s existence, which I hold to be unanswerable in principle, (you either believe it or you do not), but...
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Sunday, January 25, 2009
Israel’s ‘War Crimes’?
In the aftermath of Israel ’s anti-terrorist action against Hamas, I intended to comment further on the re action we have seen in much of the Western media and among those on the political Left. Then I came across this piece by Professor Alan Dershovitz; and since it expresses my views beautifully,...
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Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Where is the Bottom?
Here's a sober assessment of the current financial situation by one of the most respected and experienced analysts around. Let's 'hope' the new Obama admin will quickly get beyond all the smarmy and ultimately empty hope-and-change sloganeering and get down to business! And just as a reminder: the...
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Thursday, January 8, 2009
The Non-Existing Existing God: A Thought-Experiment...
There is a chap in Holland who doesn’t believe God exists, well, sort of. That’s not unusual, certainly not to someone like me, who doesn’t either, although the ‘sort of’ may be a bit of an issue, as we shall see. This fellow, whose name is Klaas Hendrikse, wrote a book, also not uncommon. But wait,...
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Thursday, January 1, 2009
A Tribute to Pat_B and her Giraffe, but especially Pat_B...
Some time last year Pat wrote a post about a giraffe. I was intrigued, because it wasn’t just any giraffe, it was one she created. I was intrigued for two reasons – one is that I am hopeless at creating anything, but admire people who do. The other one was that she wrote so amusingly about her...
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Sunday, December 28, 2008
Naut’s Fabulous (And Fabulously Quick) Leftover-Turkey Recipe...
The bane of every household at this time of year, leftovers, particularly turkey, kind of dry and grey and devoid of the succulence it had only a few days ago at the Christmas feast. But it tends to be used up ‘somehow’, and here’s one, or actually two, of my ‘somehows’. There will be no quantities...
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Sunday, December 14, 2008
Further thoughts on ‘Time’...A Response to Ciel...
In my recent Tidbit post called How Time Has Changed (found here, if you’re interested, http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Nautikos367/584112 ) I had many interesting comments. One of them, by our Ciel, got me thinking and I thought I share these thoughts with you. First, here’s Ciel’s comment:...
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