On Fri, Jan 24, 2014 at 11:07 PM, Russell Standish <[email protected]>wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 24, 2014 at 03:35:18PM -0500, John Clark wrote: > > > > True. As I said there is a small subset of the human race called > > "philosophers" who are in love with the word G-O-D but not with the > concept > > of God, therefore they redefine the word accordingly. > > > > Hence if a christian asks me whether I believe in God, I say no, and > if a philsopher asks me, I say "that depends on what you mean by > God". Heaven forbid I should meet a christian philosopher, though. Do > such fabled beasts exist? > Søren Kierkegaard? But you're right in that you don't see this style outside of more relaxed theologians, and I cannot say I've come across one of them in the English speaking world. But yeah, I think that Kierkegaard-fabled-beast and similar ones actually existed and exist. PGC > > -- > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Prof Russell Standish Phone 0425 253119 (mobile) > Principal, High Performance Coders > Visiting Professor of Mathematics [email protected] > University of New South Wales http://www.hpcoders.com.au > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
