tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post8166467976502411107..comments2024-03-29T03:19:09.227-04:00Comments on The Philosopher's Stone: AND NOW, BY POPULAR DEMAND -- GODRobert Paul Wolffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11970360952872431856noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-21497515301459405492013-04-11T07:05:54.757-04:002013-04-11T07:05:54.757-04:00It is an illusion of reason to presume that theolo...It is an illusion of reason to presume that theology is even a valid human intellectual endeavor. Nor has anything, as far as institutional religion is concerned, 'revealed' anything of God to man. The existing paradigm of 'faith' passed down by tradition remains an intellectual corruption waiting to be overthrown. No more than neo paganism with a scriptural spin. An historical rational founded upon a profound ignorance innate to human nature which history has yet to transcend and judge. http://www.enegon.org.ukgoliahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09484401523720233875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-70152025319203039772013-04-07T20:34:05.751-04:002013-04-07T20:34:05.751-04:00Prof.
I don't know, I never much liked the bi...Prof.<br /><br />I don't know, I never much liked the big, old, bearded guy living in the penthouse, with his "thou shall not this, thou shall not that".<br /><br />I sort of like the basement guys better... Magpiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07528637318288802178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-80975113932143617262013-04-06T17:41:22.889-04:002013-04-06T17:41:22.889-04:00In all such things, I bow to my son, of course. I...In all such things, I bow to my son, of course. I was just appalled that a collection of state legislators wanted to establish a religion [they did not say which one, but I think we can guess.] None of the fights that we thought we had won are over, it seems. Robert Paul Wolffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11970360952872431856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-44859084360883263642013-04-06T17:07:17.126-04:002013-04-06T17:07:17.126-04:00I'm neither a lawyer nor much of a historian, ...I'm neither a lawyer nor much of a historian, but, much as I hate to say it, I think there's something to the reading of the "Establishment Clause" as pertaining only to the federal government. And according to Wikipedia (yes, yes, I know) it's really the 14th Amendment which we should thank for limiting the states:<br />"Prior to the enactment of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution in 1868, the Supreme Court generally held that the substantive protections of the Bill of Rights did not apply to state governments. Subsequently, under the Incorporation doctrine, the Bill of Rights has been broadly applied to limit state and local government as well. The process of incorporating the two Religion Clauses in the First Amendment was twofold. The first step was the Supreme Court’s conclusion in 1940 that the Free Exercise Clause was made applicable to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment."<br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Establishment_Clause#cite_ref-10<br /><br />But then again, your son is the legal scholar, so I won't make much fuss if someone says I'm wrong. <br /><br />It's a minor comment, I know, but my father was a high school history teacher, so I tend to be a stickler for these things. Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05781744385645937568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-25166618963887204342013-04-04T15:20:06.125-04:002013-04-04T15:20:06.125-04:00Thank you, Michael. My translation is deadly dull...Thank you, Michael. My translation is deadly dull. I will take a look at it.Robert Paul Wolffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11970360952872431856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-84693153107012013782013-04-04T15:02:56.462-04:002013-04-04T15:02:56.462-04:00If anyone wants to know more about the Koran, then...If anyone wants to know more about the Koran, then I suggest N.J. Dawood's Penguin Classics translation. He was originally from Iraq, and I think he is the only Jewish man to translate the Koran into english. His translation is beautifully done, and I have grown very fond of it over the years. It is a must read for anyone looking for a translation of the Koran and not an interpretation.Michael Llenoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05689105280485818465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-16332062200227719742013-04-04T12:57:30.848-04:002013-04-04T12:57:30.848-04:00The ambitions of these Theologians stand in stark ...The ambitions of these Theologians stand in stark contrast with those in which irrational Faith is touted as a virtue, if not as the sufficient and necessary basis of Religion. There may be a variety of explanations for the apparent ascendancy of Faith-based Religion in recent centuries. Regardless, with the easy availability of either a technique for revealing God, or a compelling proof of his existence, Faith would lose any such cachet.Don Schneierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12751277350617015241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-77669342768998931372013-04-04T12:51:23.733-04:002013-04-04T12:51:23.733-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Don Schneierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12751277350617015241noreply@blogger.com