Comments on: Watching The Atheism Tapes http://evanlenz.net/blog/2009/10/11/watching-the-atheism-tapes/ XSLT et cetera Wed, 21 Jul 2010 15:53:45 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Evan http://evanlenz.net/blog/2009/10/11/watching-the-atheism-tapes/comment-page-1/#comment-43013 Evan Mon, 12 Oct 2009 16:40:09 +0000 http://evanlenz.net/blog/?p=132#comment-43013 Such are the perils of absolute statements. :-) It sounds like I should have said "very few" instead of "nobody". "not evidence of anything"? Of course it's evidence of something. Maybe it's evidence of one of the world's most successful conspiracies, or evidence of a particular flaw in human nature (tendency to believe in something like God). My point is that it should not be ignored in such discussions. To do so reflects a very narrow sort of inquiry and/or makes one sound immensely ignorant. The widespread existence of belief too has to be addressed (which, to his credit, McGinn does later in the interview in his discussion about "cosmic loneliness"). Such are the perils of absolute statements. :-) It sounds like I should have said “very few” instead of “nobody”.

“not evidence of anything”? Of course it’s evidence of something. Maybe it’s evidence of one of the world’s most successful conspiracies, or evidence of a particular flaw in human nature (tendency to believe in something like God). My point is that it should not be ignored in such discussions. To do so reflects a very narrow sort of inquiry and/or makes one sound immensely ignorant. The widespread existence of belief too has to be addressed (which, to his credit, McGinn does later in the interview in his discussion about “cosmic loneliness”).

]]> By: James http://evanlenz.net/blog/2009/10/11/watching-the-atheism-tapes/comment-page-1/#comment-43012 James Mon, 12 Oct 2009 11:48:55 +0000 http://evanlenz.net/blog/?p=132#comment-43012 Leaving aside the fact that lots of people believing an incorrect thing for many years is actually not evidence of anything, there /are/ still followers of the ancient greek gods who only in the last few years have been allowed to practice their religion openly in greece. Leaving aside the fact that lots of people believing an incorrect thing for many years is actually not evidence of anything, there /are/ still followers of the ancient greek gods who only in the last few years have been allowed to practice their religion openly in greece.

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