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Gortar

['Member']Joined: January 10, 2019 at 19:44Last active: December 22, 2019 at 05:19None discussions11 comments

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By traditional Christianity I mean a system of beliefs accepted by virtually all Christians at all times throughout Christian history. These are tenan...
January 12, 2019 at 22:05
I don't think traditional Christianity suggests that heaven is desirable because you do many things that you like. One of the centrepieces of Christia...
January 12, 2019 at 19:33
Then what is the method of distinguishing between good and bad stuff in philosophy? It cannot be based on only preference (viz. my inclination to favo...
January 11, 2019 at 17:59
What is then the point of doing philosophy? I understand your view to view evaluation of viewpoints as analogous to evaluation of art in that there's ...
January 11, 2019 at 17:49
What helps to determine what's good and what's bad?
January 11, 2019 at 17:31
If God exists (and is moral), then these expressions of personal desires have a potential to get at the 'absolute' (viz. divine) morality. These claim...
January 11, 2019 at 17:22
This may well be true, but I better first understand what and why someone is saying, and only then deem it as crap (not saying you don't, just stating...
January 11, 2019 at 15:43
They might, but it needs to be demonstrated. And it would need to be demonstrated on a case-to-case basis, not once-for-all. Doing otherwise is pretty...
January 11, 2019 at 15:22
I agree, every fallible human is fallible. Aquinas is not right because he's well-recognized. What I do advocate is an exercise of wisdom when it come...
January 11, 2019 at 15:09
You're right in that Aquinas is not an arbiter of truth, but he is widely considered one of the greatest theologians of the Western church. Most likel...
January 11, 2019 at 14:37
Could you clarify what exactly creates the difficulty for a perfect, all-good God to have been in hell? I will try to work out some plausible ways to ...
January 11, 2019 at 04:30