tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8483622.post6192752852927881454..comments2024-02-29T20:00:59.902-08:00Comments on Cartago Delenda Est: Interesting TakeMatteohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05393908406875742989noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8483622.post-24145039691729484882010-03-27T23:20:42.224-07:002010-03-27T23:20:42.224-07:00Matteo: "But the New Atheists kick and scream...<b>Matteo:</b> "<i>But the New Atheists kick and scream and throw tantrums anytime there is the slightest sign that there may, in fact, be something Deeply Groovy behind things. It's just plain weird, and not a little insane.</i>"<br /><br />And it's willfully chosen insanity -- as Mrs Olsen might say, "<i>That's the deepest kind!</i>"Ilíonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15339406092961816142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8483622.post-23807209734159042192010-03-27T23:18:11.575-07:002010-03-27T23:18:11.575-07:00Matteo: "I would submit that a lot of people ...<b>Matteo:</b> "<i>I would submit that a lot of people feel "so damned clever" for grasping it, because they are told that it really is some sort of advanced form of thought, when in actuality it doesn't go in any essentials much beyond what the philosopher/poet Lucretius wrote more than two thousand years ago. As David Berlinski points out, it is the mere work of an afternoon to understand the idea, and one needn't be particularly clever at all to grasp it.</i>"<br /><br />According to the Holy TalkOrigins site's <a href="http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/faq-intro-to-biology.html" rel="nofollow">Introduction to Evolutionary Biology</a> page:<br />"<i>Evolution </i>[sic]<i> is the cornerstone of modern biology. It unites all the fields of biology under one theoretical umbrella. It is not a difficult concept, but very few people -- the majority of biologists included -- have a satisfactory grasp of it.</i>"Ilíonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15339406092961816142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8483622.post-69010356419005112562010-03-27T19:23:50.201-07:002010-03-27T19:23:50.201-07:00Yeah, it is a funny thing. I was once an atheist, ...Yeah, it is a funny thing. I was once an atheist, but when I got an inkling that something more was going on, my attitude was "Whoah, groovy!" But the New Atheists kick and scream and throw tantrums anytime there is the slightest sign that there may, in fact, be something Deeply Groovy behind things. It's just plain weird, and not a little insane.Matteohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05393908406875742989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8483622.post-26834187025350437572010-03-27T19:05:51.565-07:002010-03-27T19:05:51.565-07:00Just imagine how clever they'd feel if they we...Just imagine how clever they'd feel if they were actually able to get a good grasp on Christian theology. It makes modern philosophies (including Darwinism) look childishly crude in comparison. I'm increasingly convinced that one reason Christianity is in retreat in the West is that we're no longer smart enough to understand it, even though we know so much more "stuff" than the ancient or medieval worlds did....Warrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13623170987747998335noreply@blogger.com