Tom Storm

I don't do math or formal logic so that's fine by me. :smile: I consider Jung to be essentially a supernaturalist - his work situates him in the ideal...

Thanks for clarifying. You seem to be talking about supernatural guidance. While I believe people contrive all kinds of meaning in events they view as...

I'm not sure I follow your reasoning, which may be my fault. I'm not an American so the idea of 'liberals' is not something that comes up here much. I...

It's a bit hard to follow what your point is. Liberals come in many varieties, just as conservatives do. Liberals have 'heroes' and role models - Jame...

I heard the old lady died. I have not seen any coverage of her death or what's next. I don't watch TV or follow the news for the most part. So thankfu...

Fair enough - I have always thought capitalism more problematic than philosophy in general. But when it comes down to it, humans misuse most ideas in ...

Guidance is generally attached to a pursuit or worldview (politics, sport, social climbing, literature, etc) and coaches/mentors both informal and for...

Seems to me people are generally drawn to ideas/philosophy that reflect dispositions. We are attracted to ideas which resonate - with which we already...

This kind of romantic declaration could be said by people (and has been) at any point in human history, so it's a fairly fruitless observation when yo...

I mention the 1980's because this was the era during which neo-liberalism bloomed via Thatcher and Reagan and really started the campaign to cut away ...

I would be unlikely to be asking this kind of question in the first place. I don't find terms like selfish or selfless particularly useful.

Christians have often responded that there is a third option. Objective morality exists but this standard is not outside of god - morality is grounded...

I would have thought this was similar to evolutionary science replacing philosophy for many others. Isn't this just how dominant narratives in the cur...

These questions seem to be looking for answers/certainty founded on some kind of metaphysical objectivity, which as far as I am aware is not possible....

Read him. Best book - Did Jesus Exist. He is not a mythicist - Richard Carrier is your guy for this position. Ehrman says there was likely a guy the m...

I generally take Professor Bart Erhman's lead on the historical Jesus.

Doesn't change my view on JC. There's really nothing much for us to consider.

We have no access to a god in order to determine what god's nature actually is. Is Yahweh, say, good or evil? Discuss. I would say this is unclear fro...

I'd say there is no historical Jesus for us to access.

I don't think this premise can be demonstrated to be true. You need to make the case that god is good first, which is not a given. Or that your defini...

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You're almost there. The circular relationship refers to Jesus 'using' words from the Old Testament to establish his connection to prophecy and contin...

His authority derives from prophesy in the Old Testament - kind of the point of the narrative. But that isn't what I was arguing. The OP is about whet...

It's about Jesus' authority and there is this:

No, I think we can move on. Take care. Thanks.

Nice. Yes, I remember that debate.

Certainly.

So here is why I said it in its full context again. What bit is missing for you? I'm simply reporting on how these debates strike me. Or you have been...

Ok but you seem to be arguing about what counts as Christian and what does not count, so you surely have some answer to this question? You seem to be ...

You are a traditionalist. I've not really concerned myself with notions of the good. I have considered simple minded notions of human flourishing as a...

Thanks

Is this heading towards a 'no true Scotsman' fallacy? And how exactly in theory would one determine what counts as Christian and what does not count? ...

I've been happy enough with the idea, although I would never say it is perfect and maybe the word 'system' needs refinement. Some people hold to sever...

Yes, I put those key words there for a reason. Most thought is abstraction. And yet there are better and worse ideas, so I see nothing wrong here. So ...

I didn't realize there was another way until I hit The Shoutbox. :gasp:

I don't have a considered theory of The Good. But all versions are 'good' subject to a particular value system. I don't think it has to involve overt ...

I don't. I sniff it.

That sounds delicious!

:up: I think many people would agree with you.

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If you are talking about the gospels, no one knows who wrote them. They are written many years after the events depicted and by anonymous writers. Mar...

Not sure what that means, but where to from here? All human enterprises are constantly changing and building on old models, from sport to the car, med...

By the way, that phrase has echoed across English speaking universities since the 1980's and has led to many departments being defunded or closing dow...

I wonder if you are asking a range of questions that can take us in many directions; there's epistemology, values, the role of education, unexamined m...

This is a powerful image. Is there any sense to you that our continually evolving response is in some way inevitable based perhaps on the intrinsic li...

When it gets to debates or arguments between members then often it seems to boil down to 'my reading of the text/s is more nuanced (or more useful) th...

Not sure that sacrificing yourself to yourself to save us from yourself and from rules you made yourself - counts. Given Yahweh is jealous, vengeful a...

I'd be surprised if this wasn't the case for all of us.

Never said you did. I'm just joining in a general discussion. :wink:

Skepticism is not self-refuting - absolute or global skepticism is self-refuting and probably psychologically impossible. More conventional skepticism...