tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5592542.post8892487055943146671..comments2024-03-18T17:28:44.693-07:00Comments on Rondam Ramblings: Harris, Aflek, Dawkins, oh my!Ronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11752242624438232184noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5592542.post-57368129475863130142014-10-15T10:42:45.231-07:002014-10-15T10:42:45.231-07:00> But the bigger point is that AFAICT no one (e...> But the bigger point is that AFAICT no one (except me) is even talking about this sort of thing. Data? Who the hell needs data when we have plausible-sounding opinions!<br /><br />I love it when people (not you from what I have seen) think that only religious people are susceptible to just-so stories—or that religious people are <i>more</i> susceptible to just-so stories. I've never seenLukehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18395549142176242491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5592542.post-22867513797451975892014-10-15T10:34:23.474-07:002014-10-15T10:34:23.474-07:00@filmboy26:
> Sure, we can expect the Middle E...@filmboy26:<br /><br />> Sure, we can expect the Middle East to be comprised of countries that enforce Sharia Law - but so what?<br /><br />I think you missed the point. The point was not that Sharia is enforced in the middle east, the point is that it is enforced *almost exclusively* in the middle east, despite there being a lot of Muslim countries that are not in the middle east. This is Ronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11752242624438232184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5592542.post-61377170599052944682014-10-14T16:39:03.714-07:002014-10-14T16:39:03.714-07:00Oooh, from Antebellum Slavery: An Orthodox Christi...Oooh, from <i>Antebellum Slavery: An Orthodox Christian View</i> (<a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=3OyKofKLk3sC&lpg=PT219&ots=YJ7g7yGr8n&dq=fugitive%20slave%20act%20deut%2023%3A15&pg=PT219#v=onepage&q=fugitive%20slave%20act%20deut%2023:15&f=false" rel="nofollow">Google Books</a>):<br /><br />>> Dr. Charles Hodge wrote an essay on the Fugitive Slave Law in Lukehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18395549142176242491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5592542.post-9112976680020124882014-10-14T16:30:10.467-07:002014-10-14T16:30:10.467-07:00> I don't believe that you bring your value...> I don't believe that you bring your values and morals to the scriptures. <br /><br />Keith Ward makes a compelling case that it can go either way and both ways, in one if not both of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Case-Religion-Keith-Ward/dp/1851683372/" rel="nofollow">The Case for Religion</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Is_Religion_Dangerous%3F" rel="nofollow">Is ReligionLukehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18395549142176242491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5592542.post-8518108284162644212014-10-14T15:43:52.928-07:002014-10-14T15:43:52.928-07:00A few good points here, as you are right to point ...A few good points here, as you are right to point out some irrational thinking happening among our fellow atheists. However, we may need to sift through the emotional elements to find the actual truth. Sure, we can expect the Middle East to be comprised of countries that enforce Sharia Law - but so what? The USA is filled with a majority of Christians who believe very strange things about the filmboy26https://www.blogger.com/profile/09366239017425733814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5592542.post-10334188008315091732014-10-14T15:39:59.382-07:002014-10-14T15:39:59.382-07:00>> There is a fundamental misunderstanding a...>> There is a fundamental misunderstanding among these critics of religion in that they believe, first and foremost, that people get their values, their morals from their scripture, when in reality the exact opposite is true. You bring your morals and your values to the scriptures; you don’t extract them from them.<br /><br />> The point is <i>no one is talking about this despite the Lukehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18395549142176242491noreply@blogger.com