Comments on: In “Irreligion,” mathematician John Paulos explains why arguments for God just don’t add up http://dangerousintersection.org/2008/02/13/in-%e2%80%9cirreligion%e2%80%9d-mathematician-john-paulos-explains-why-arguments-for-god-just-dont-add-up/ Human Animals at the Crossroads of Culture, Science, Religion and Media Sat, 22 Nov 2008 05:54:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Larry J. Carter http://dangerousintersection.org/2008/02/13/in-%e2%80%9cirreligion%e2%80%9d-mathematician-john-paulos-explains-why-arguments-for-god-just-dont-add-up/#comment-16151 Larry J. Carter Sun, 17 Feb 2008 03:36:15 +0000 http://dangerousintersection.org/2008/02/13/in-%e2%80%9cirreligion%e2%80%9d-mathematician-john-paulos-explains-why-arguments-for-god-just-dont-add-up/#comment-16151 I've added the word "the" and started over. Lost access to the old one because of sig-in issues. Be warned: I need to more. I’ve added the word “the” and started over. Lost access to the old one because of sig-in issues. Be warned: I need to more.

]]> By: Dan Klarmann http://dangerousintersection.org/2008/02/13/in-%e2%80%9cirreligion%e2%80%9d-mathematician-john-paulos-explains-why-arguments-for-god-just-dont-add-up/#comment-16147 Dan Klarmann Fri, 15 Feb 2008 22:20:15 +0000 http://dangerousintersection.org/2008/02/13/in-%e2%80%9cirreligion%e2%80%9d-mathematician-john-paulos-explains-why-arguments-for-god-just-dont-add-up/#comment-16147 LJC: What's become of www.messiancdruid.blogspot.com? It's your DI login href, but Blogspot says it doesn't exist. LJC: What’s become of http://www.messiancdruid.blogspot.com? It’s your DI login href, but Blogspot says it doesn’t exist.

]]> By: Larry J. Carter http://dangerousintersection.org/2008/02/13/in-%e2%80%9cirreligion%e2%80%9d-mathematician-john-paulos-explains-why-arguments-for-god-just-dont-add-up/#comment-16145 Larry J. Carter Fri, 15 Feb 2008 18:50:35 +0000 http://dangerousintersection.org/2008/02/13/in-%e2%80%9cirreligion%e2%80%9d-mathematician-john-paulos-explains-why-arguments-for-god-just-dont-add-up/#comment-16145 "According to Christians, for example...blah, blah, blah..." When did christians become the authority? It is easy to show the silliness of man-made belief systems {religion}. Why not poke the big dog instead of the weeney dog? I do think his "good start when he insists that you can’t really argue whether God exists unless you define what you mean by “God.” got quickly derailed... Too Bad. "He recognizes, for example, that some people use the term God to refer to the laws of physics or nature itself. This book, however, is addressed to those who believe in a more traditional version of God:" again why pick on the little guy? Jesus' greatest rebukes were reserved for those who followed the "traditions of the elders, and put away God's Commandments." “According to Christians, for example…blah, blah, blah…”

When did christians become the authority? It is easy to show the silliness of man-made belief systems {religion}. Why not poke the big dog instead of the weeney dog? I do think his “good start when he insists that you can’t really argue whether God exists unless you define what you mean by “God.” got quickly derailed… Too Bad.

“He recognizes, for example, that some people use the term God to refer to the laws of physics or nature itself. This book, however, is addressed to those who believe in a more traditional version of God:” again why pick on the little guy? Jesus’ greatest rebukes were reserved for those who followed the “traditions of the elders, and put away God’s Commandments.”

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