Posted: May 07, 2012 8:01 pm
That is quite astounding. 
But not really all that surprising, having heard him say what he's said about the Holy Spirit witnessing within him, and how a Christian only really needs to put forward the arguments he usually trots out, when faced with and witnessing to people who don't have that faith, because otherwise there would be nothing to differentiate the credibility of their claims from claims of people with other personal religious experiences.
Furthermore, he reminds me of... someone... who seems to defend these arguments for their philosophical eloquence and cleverness and careful handling of philosophical definitions of words and concepts, rather than for what real world application or truth value the arguments actually have. Word games.
But not really all that surprising, having heard him say what he's said about the Holy Spirit witnessing within him, and how a Christian only really needs to put forward the arguments he usually trots out, when faced with and witnessing to people who don't have that faith, because otherwise there would be nothing to differentiate the credibility of their claims from claims of people with other personal religious experiences.
Furthermore, he reminds me of... someone... who seems to defend these arguments for their philosophical eloquence and cleverness and careful handling of philosophical definitions of words and concepts, rather than for what real world application or truth value the arguments actually have. Word games.