> On 30 Oct 2019, at 22:48, 'Brent Meeker' via Everything List > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > On 10/30/2019 3:42 AM, John Clark wrote: >> On Wed, Oct 30, 2019 at 5:40 AM Bruno Marchal <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> >> There is one why question religion can not answer and claims it would be >> >> wicked to even ask: Why is a religious answer better than no answer at >> >> all? >> >> > If a religion answers, with an air of claiming it is a definitive answer; >> > then it is not a religion, but a fraud. >> >> I agree of course but that wasn't what I was getting at. If there was some >> deep existential problem you wanted to know more about I can understand why >> you would want to discuss it with a mathematician or a scientist, but why >> would you ask a expert on religion? Why would you expect a theologian to >> give a better answer to the question "why is there something >> rather than nothing?" than for example, an expert on gardening or an expert >> on plumbing? > > At least you could expect the plumber's theories to hold water.
Lol. That’s a good one! Now, I am not sure plumber really exist. In practice. Can’t find one. Have to hold the water all by myself … Bruno > > Brent, with apologies to Bertrand Russell. > > -- > 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] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/8454d3e0-80f2-baf7-e858-722c9c53da89%40verizon.net > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/8454d3e0-80f2-baf7-e858-722c9c53da89%40verizon.net?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/AFD5A88E-1C06-40E7-B405-A6581581550F%40ulb.ac.be.
