Re: [FairfieldLife] Is Classical Theism Really the Strongest Version of the God Idea?

2014-04-23 Thread Richard J. Williams
Using Thunderbird, it looks like a there are two colors for text in this thread, but three posters. Go figure. On 4/22/2014 7:01 PM, steve.sun...@yahoo.com wrote: ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, awoelflebater@... wrote : ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,

Re: [FairfieldLife] Is Classical Theism Really the Strongest Version of the God Idea?

2014-04-23 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 4/21/2014 1:57 PM, curtisdeltabl...@yahoo.com wrote: My responses are interwoven into her last post. I marked our responses with our initials before each response. In my web browser it shows up right at the top of all the discussion posts in this thread. Snipping anything often leads to

Re: [FairfieldLife] Is Classical Theism Really the Strongest Version of the God Idea?

2014-04-23 Thread authfriend
Share, were you in the Reply window when you tried to do the edit? What's File Edit? I have no trouble editing in Neo. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sharelong60@... wrote : Richard, I just attempted to edit your post in Neo. I highlighted what i wanted to edit. When I hit

Re: [FairfieldLife] Is Classical Theism Really the Strongest Version of the God Idea?

2014-04-23 Thread Share Long
Richard, I just attempted to edit your post in Neo. I highlighted what i wanted to edit. When I hit backspace, nothing happened. When I went to File Edit, nothing happened. How can I edit in Neo? Sorry, I don't want to change to Google Chrome even though designed by geniuses (-: On

Re: [FairfieldLife] Is Classical Theism Really the Strongest Version of the God Idea?

2014-04-23 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 4/21/2014 2:01 PM, emilymae...@yahoo.com wrote: Reads just fine to me. Snipping this will only confuse those who want to follow the discussion, like myself. Thanks for snipping, Emily! --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Is Classical Theism Really the Strongest Version of the God Idea?

2014-04-23 Thread Share Long
Hi Judy, yes I was in the Reply window in email, rather than the website. On Wednesday, April 23, 2014 11:26 AM, authfri...@yahoo.com authfri...@yahoo.com wrote:   Share, were you in the Reply window when you tried to do the edit? What's File Edit? I have no trouble editing in Neo.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Is Classical Theism Really the Strongest Version of the God Idea?

2014-04-23 Thread emilymaenot
Richard, the way you snip changes up the context and mostly serves your sense of humor and ego, not the integrity of whatever it is that you are commenting on. The way that Judy snips, for example, is for the purpose of retaining the essence and readability of a discussion, given Neo's

Re: [FairfieldLife] Is Classical Theism Really the Strongest Version of the God Idea?

2014-04-22 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 4/22/2014 12:48 AM, TurquoiseBee wrote: All these words, talking about something that doesn't exist... Has anyone else noticed that Barry hasn't presented anything but emotions on this subject, compared to Xeno, Curtis, and Judy? --- This email is free from viruses and malware because

Re: [FairfieldLife] Is Classical Theism Really the Strongest Version of the God Idea?

2014-04-22 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 4/22/2014 8:01 AM, authfri...@yahoo.com wrote: We are so fortunate to have Barry here with us to set us all straight about what exists and what doesn't. ;-) Barry doesn't seem to want to talk about human levitation, which is kind of paranormal, except when it is performed by The Last

Re: [FairfieldLife] Is Classical Theism Really the Strongest Version of the God Idea?

2014-04-22 Thread awoelflebater
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb@... wrote : All these words, talking about something that doesn't exist... It's enough to drive you crazy, ain't it? Too many big words in a row just flummox you. And those ideas...whew, way too hard to follow, especially if Despicable Me

Re: [FairfieldLife] Is Classical Theism Really the Strongest Version of the God Idea?

2014-04-22 Thread salyavin808
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, awoelflebater@... wrote : ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb@... wrote : All these words, talking about something that doesn't exist... It's enough to drive you crazy, ain't it? Too many big words in a row just flummox you. And

Re: [FairfieldLife] Is Classical Theism Really the Strongest Version of the God Idea?

2014-04-22 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 4/22/2014 8:56 AM, awoelfleba...@yahoo.com wrote: All these words, talking about something that doesn't exist... */ /* *It's enough to drive you crazy, ain't it? Too many big words in a row just flummox you. And those ideas...whew, way too hard to follow, especially if Despicable Me is more

Re: [FairfieldLife] Is Classical Theism Really the Strongest Version of the God Idea?

2014-04-22 Thread awoelflebater
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, no_re...@yahoogroups.com wrote : ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, awoelflebater@... wrote : ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb@... wrote : All these words, talking about something that doesn't exist... It's enough to drive

Re: [FairfieldLife] Is Classical Theism Really the Strongest Version of the God Idea?

2014-04-22 Thread TurquoiseBee
From: salyavin808 no_re...@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2014 4:38 PM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Is Classical Theism Really the Strongest Version of the God Idea?   ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, awoelflebater@... wrote : ---In

Re: [FairfieldLife] Is Classical Theism Really the Strongest Version of the God Idea?

2014-04-22 Thread authfriend
Actually, the fire hydrant analogy is a perfect one for Barry's near-total ignorance of metaphyics. (As well as of Robin.) Discussions of God and theology make Barry very nervous; that's why he's especially irritable and gratuitously nasty this morning. But what do you think of the

Re: [FairfieldLife] Is Classical Theism Really the Strongest Version of the God Idea?

2014-04-22 Thread TurquoiseBee
I'll reply just because it's perversely pleasing to see Judy trying to steal someone else's funny insult because she's incapable of thinking up her own. She's been reduced to I know she is, but so are you!  :-)  :-)  :-) From: authfri...@yahoo.com

Re: [FairfieldLife] Is Classical Theism Really the Strongest Version of the God Idea?

2014-04-22 Thread authfriend
You missed the point, dimwit. It's not that the insult was funny, it's that it was, like so many of your insults and accusations, a projection of your own flaws onto someone else, in this case your abysmal ignorance of metaphysics. I suspect everyone recognized that but you. Oooopsie!

Re: [FairfieldLife] Is Classical Theism Really the Strongest Version of the God Idea?

2014-04-22 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 4/22/2014 11:25 AM, TurquoiseBee wrote: This is a person who actually believed Robin Carlsen was bright and charismatic and worth following as a spiritual teacher. As opposed to Barry who actually believed Fred Lenz was bright enough to turn huge halls golden and worth following as a

Re: [FairfieldLife] Is Classical Theism Really the Strongest Version of the God Idea?

2014-04-22 Thread authfriend
Projection, as I just pointed out. This is a person who actually believed Robin Carlsen was bright and charismatic and worth following as a spiritual teacher. As opposed to Barry who actually believed Fred Lenz was bright enough to turn huge halls golden and worth following as a spiritual

Re: [FairfieldLife] Is Classical Theism Really the Strongest Version of the God Idea?

2014-04-22 Thread steve.sundur
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, awoelflebater@... wrote : ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, no_re...@yahoogroups.com wrote : ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, awoelflebater@... wrote : ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb@... wrote : AWhat I don't

Re: [FairfieldLife] Is Classical Theism Really the Strongest Version of the God Idea?

2014-04-22 Thread awoelflebater
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, steve.sundur@... wrote : ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, awoelflebater@... wrote : ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, no_re...@yahoogroups.com wrote : ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, awoelflebater@... wrote : ---In

Re: [FairfieldLife] Is Classical Theism Really the Strongest Version of the God Idea?

2014-04-22 Thread awoelflebater
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb@... wrote : From: salyavin808 no_re...@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2014 4:38 PM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Is Classical Theism Really the Strongest Version of the God Idea? ---In

Re: [FairfieldLife] Is Classical Theism Really the Strongest Version of the God Idea?

2014-04-21 Thread nablusoss1008
Where did you get this idea, it was never my intention Nabbie is not the only guy who has believed here that somehow criticizing my music would be a way to make me feel badly about myself The reason I pointed to your big hat wasn't to try to make you feel bad but because you have the nerve to

Re: [FairfieldLife] Is Classical Theism Really the Strongest Version of the God Idea?

2014-04-21 Thread TurquoiseBee
From: nablusoss1008 no_re...@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, April 21, 2014 9:56 AM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Is Classical Theism Really the Strongest Version of the God Idea? Where did you get this idea, it was never my intention Nabbie is not the only

Re: [FairfieldLife] Is Classical Theism Really the Strongest Version of the God Idea?

2014-04-21 Thread awoelflebater
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, no_re...@yahoogroups.com wrote : Where did you get this idea, it was never my intention Nabbie is not the only guy who has believed here that somehow criticizing my music would be a way to make me feel badly about myself The reason I pointed to your

Re: [FairfieldLife] Is Classical Theism Really the Strongest Version of the God Idea?

2014-04-21 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 4/21/2014 3:12 AM, TurquoiseBee wrote: So in other words you're ADMITTING to being a cultist, and to attacking someone personally because they dissed your cult leader Maharishi. Again, as with Richard yesterday, at least you admit it. Several here still cannot. But, it is strange that

Re: [FairfieldLife] Is Classical Theism Really the Strongest Version of the God Idea?

2014-04-21 Thread awoelflebater
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb@... wrote : From: nablusoss1008 no_re...@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, April 21, 2014 9:56 AM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Is Classical Theism Really the Strongest Version of the God Idea? Where did

Re: [FairfieldLife] Is Classical Theism Really the Strongest Version of the God Idea?

2014-04-21 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 4/21/2014 11:24 AM, curtisdeltabl...@yahoo.com wrote: Look, this was your idea, Curtis. You wrote: I claim that all the proof contain either an unsupported premise or invalid inductive logic. If I pick one to show you what I mean by example, you will claim, 'that was not the good one, you

Re: [FairfieldLife] Is Classical Theism Really the Strongest Version of the God Idea?

2014-04-21 Thread curtisdeltablues
My responses are interwoven into her last post. I marked our responses with our initials before each response. In my web browser it shows up right at the top of all the discussion posts in this thread. Snipping anything often leads to accusations around here so I stopped doing it. But if you

Re: [FairfieldLife] Is Classical Theism Really the Strongest Version of the God Idea?

2014-04-21 Thread emilymaenot
Reads just fine to me. Snipping this will only confuse those who want to follow the discussion, like myself. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues@... wrote : My responses are interwoven into her last post. I marked our responses with our initials before each response. In

Re: [FairfieldLife] Is Classical Theism Really the Strongest Version of the God Idea?

2014-04-21 Thread authfriend
Summary! my own summery

Re: [FairfieldLife] Is Classical Theism Really the Strongest Version of the God Idea?

2014-04-21 Thread authfriend
Xenosophistry: you can't beat it. Metaphysical ultimacy = divine simplicity. Being Itself. Doesn't get much simpler than that. Quantum mechanics, most successful theory in the history of science. And the simple formula that everyone can understand is...? “Do not keep saying to

Re: [FairfieldLife] Is Classical Theism Really the Strongest Version of the God Idea?

2014-04-21 Thread anartaxius
I was not speaking of metaphysics except for the mention of theism. Enlightenment is not about metaphysics. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend@... wrote : Xenosophistry: you can't beat it. Metaphysical ultimacy = divine simplicity. Being Itself. Doesn't get much simpler than

Re: [FairfieldLife] Is Classical Theism Really the Strongest Version of the God Idea?

2014-04-20 Thread curtisdeltablues
-In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, no_re...@yahoogroups.com wrote : Ah Curtis yes, it's the fellow that with big letters proclaimed himself an ARTIST, C: You'll get no argument from me here Nabbie. I have been lobbying for years to get people to refer to me in their contracts as Mojo

Re: [FairfieldLife] Is Classical Theism Really the Strongest Version of the God Idea?

2014-04-20 Thread awoelflebater
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues@... wrote : -In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, no_re...@yahoogroups.com wrote : Ah Curtis yes, it's the fellow that with big letters proclaimed himself an ARTIST, C: You'll get no argument from me here Nabbie. I have been lobbying

Re: [FairfieldLife] Is Classical Theism Really the Strongest Version of the God Idea?

2014-04-20 Thread authfriend
Hard to guess how much of this from Curtis is self-deception, and how much of it is an attempt to deceive readers here. I must admit I completely missed that Curtis's objection to Feser is Feser's opposition to gay rights rather than to Feser's support for classical theism per se. But it

Re: [FairfieldLife] Is Classical Theism Really the Strongest Version of the God Idea?

2014-04-20 Thread nablusoss1008
awoelflebater, I certainly wasn't after dealing any kind of personal blow, I simply got fed up of the HUGE feathers when in reality the fellow can't sing. He does put forward a lot of energy though, he is trying very, very hard, agreed. And that's the sign of an amateur at work. All hat no

Re: [FairfieldLife] Is Classical Theism Really the Strongest Version of the God Idea?

2014-04-20 Thread Michael Jackson
and you think Donovan can sing??? - I haven't heard you say squat about him and he is bad even for a has been. On Sun, 4/20/14, nablusoss1008 no_re...@yahoogroups.com wrote: Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Is Classical Theism Really the Strongest

Re: [FairfieldLife] Is Classical Theism Really the Strongest Version of the God Idea?

2014-04-20 Thread nablusoss1008
At least he is in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_and_Roll_Hall_of_Fame

Re: [FairfieldLife] Is Classical Theism Really the Strongest Version of the God Idea?

2014-04-20 Thread authfriend
It occurs to me that I should make this additional point: If Curtis can effectively deal with the classical theism argument, he'll have done precisely what I said those who wish to debunk theism should do: address the strongest argument for it. If he does this well and responsibly, with

Re: [FairfieldLife] Is Classical Theism Really the Strongest Version of the God Idea?

2014-04-20 Thread curtisdeltablues
We both know this will end with you accusing me of something nefarious. It is a foregone conclusion.But I am not gunna start there so pick one, post it and I will apply the precise principles I laid out in my critique of Feser to show you the problem with the classical proofs for god. You know

Re: [FairfieldLife] Is Classical Theism Really the Strongest Version of the God Idea?

2014-04-20 Thread curtisdeltablues
I appreciate the kind intention behind your post Ann, thanks. All professional performing artists have weathered the real shit-storm of criticism which is the development stage where we are trying to match in execution what we hear or see in our heads. This is a long period of self

Re: [FairfieldLife] Is Classical Theism Really the Strongest Version of the God Idea?

2014-04-20 Thread authfriend
Depends on whether you say something nefarious, Curtis. Maybe you're just too entrenched in the behavior to change. Interesting that you can't acknowledge anything I wrote in this post. Doesn't bode well, but we'll see. Here's Feser's post on classical theism, the one you said was a good

Re: [FairfieldLife] Is Classical Theism Really the Strongest Version of the God Idea?

2014-04-20 Thread curtisdeltablues
I already posted what I thought about the unnecessary assumptive in the doctrine of simplicity. It doesn't pass the can we imagine it otherwise test. Is there some other aspect of the post you want me to focus on?. Again, I need you to pin down something specific that you think is the best

Re: [FairfieldLife] Is Classical Theism Really the Strongest Version of the God Idea?

2014-04-20 Thread awoelflebater
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues@... wrote : I appreciate the kind intention behind your post Ann, thanks. All professional performing artists have weathered the real shit-storm of criticism which is the development stage where we are trying to match in execution what

Re: [FairfieldLife] Is Classical Theism Really the Strongest Version of the God Idea?

2014-04-19 Thread salyavin808
Because he doesn't understand it. Maybe he should ask for an explanation instead of assuming he's found some wiggle room for whatever god he's believing in. Maybe Hawking shouldn't assume prior knowledge before writing about such abstract things. Maybe if I had the book to hand I could work

Re: [FairfieldLife] Is Classical Theism Really the Strongest Version of the God Idea?

2014-04-19 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 4/18/2014 6:02 PM, awoelfleba...@yahoo.com wrote: It's really funny when you think about how Judy masterfully pulls them into the rabbit hole again and again. It's simply amazing! They sound well-read but would anyone like to wager they probably never even heard of Feser

Re: [FairfieldLife] Is Classical Theism Really the Strongest Version of the God Idea?

2014-04-19 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 4/19/2014 10:19 AM, TurquoiseBee wrote: Judy Stein Argumentation Clinic, Lesson #1 It's all about Judy. --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com

Re: [FairfieldLife] Is Classical Theism Really the Strongest Version of the God Idea?

2014-04-18 Thread TurquoiseBee
From: salyavin808 no_re...@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, April 18, 2014 8:41 AM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Is Classical Theism Really the Strongest Version of the God Idea?   The trouble I had with the Ed Fess blog is that he accuses Stephen Hawking of

Re: [FairfieldLife] Is Classical Theism Really the Strongest Version of the God Idea?

2014-04-18 Thread authfriend
Starting the day with an Oooopsie: Barry doesn't even know what McCarthyism was: Just to point it out to those who still don't get it, highlighted below in red is another classic example of Judy's intellectual McCarthyism ploy. I have in my hand a list of detailed refutations of each of

Re: [FairfieldLife] Is Classical Theism Really the Strongest Version of the God Idea?

2014-04-18 Thread authfriend
Barry is such a buffoon. This is much funnier than he can possibly imagine. Remember, I was in constant private contact with Robin; I know why he left. (Curtis does too, but he'll never admit it.) Now ask Curtis why he left shortly thereafter, Barry. No, never mind, he'll lie. It

Re: [FairfieldLife] Is Classical Theism Really the Strongest Version of the God Idea?

2014-04-18 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 4/18/2014 12:49 AM, TurquoiseBee wrote: Curtis makes some good points about Fester being just an attack dog for those challenged by atheism, but my question is why is he so damned funny-looking? Speaking of funny looking - you're looking pretty funny after mistaking a levitation event for

Re: [FairfieldLife] Is Classical Theism Really the Strongest Version of the God Idea?

2014-04-18 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 4/18/2014 12:57 AM, TurquoiseBee wrote: And all of this just because neither Curtis nor myself was as impressed by Uncle Fester as Judy was. Curtis didn't seem to be very impressed with your proof for the non-existence of God - that you witnessed Rama in a levitation event. Maybe it's

Re: [FairfieldLife] Is Classical Theism Really the Strongest Version of the God Idea?

2014-04-18 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 4/18/2014 1:09 AM, TurquoiseBee wrote: It really is all about her still being pissed off that you bested Robin so badly that he ran away with his tail between his leg, isn't it? She'll never get over that. Maybe you're still pissed off for Shemp McGurk calling you on your big lie about

Re: [FairfieldLife] Is Classical Theism Really the Strongest Version of the God Idea?

2014-04-18 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 4/18/2014 1:41 AM, salyavin808 wrote: Ed Fess is simply the sort of jokey thing people do to names these days to puncture pomposity and give them a bit of ironic street cred. We do it to uncool politicians in particular. No need to take it seriously. Apparently nobody took Barry's claims

Re: [FairfieldLife] Is Classical Theism Really the Strongest Version of the God Idea?

2014-04-18 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 4/18/2014 1:53 AM, TurquoiseBee wrote: Just imagine how Judy and Robin would get their buttons pushed if we intentionally misspelled another supposed authority they love to throw around, So, it's all about Judy. Go figure. --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast!

Re: [FairfieldLife] Is Classical Theism Really the Strongest Version of the God Idea?

2014-04-18 Thread authfriend
I can't find the Hawking post on Feser's blog. Do you perhaps have a link? He did publish a review of Hawking's book on National Review Online; could that be where you saw it? It was apparently for subscribers only. Are you a subscriber to NRO? Hawking's contention that philosophy is dead is

Re: [FairfieldLife] Is Classical Theism Really the Strongest Version of the God Idea?

2014-04-18 Thread authfriend
Sorry, Curtis, I get it that you were looking forward to a big fight, but you aren't going to get it from me. I've had more than enough of your dishonest debating tactics. Cops refer to other cops they know to be corrupt as dirty. You're dirty, Curtis. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,

Re: [FairfieldLife] Is Classical Theism Really the Strongest Version of the God Idea?

2014-04-18 Thread nablusoss1008
Curtis, yes, it's the fellow that with big letters proclaimed himself an ARTIST, then posted videos to youtube where he screams like a badly hurt pig claiming it is ART :-) ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend@... wrote : Sorry, Curtis, I get it that you were looking forward to a

Re: [FairfieldLife] Is Classical Theism Really the Strongest Version of the God Idea?

2014-04-18 Thread awoelflebater
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend@... wrote : Sorry, Curtis, I get it that you were looking forward to a big fight, but you aren't going to get it from me. I've had more than enough of your dishonest debating tactics. Cops refer to other cops they know to be corrupt as

Re: [FairfieldLife] Is Classical Theism Really the Strongest Version of the God Idea?

2014-04-18 Thread nablusoss1008
Ah Curtis yes, it's the fellow that with big letters proclaimed himself an ARTIST, then posted videos to youtube where he screams like a badly hurt pig.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Is Classical Theism Really the Strongest Version of the God Idea?

2014-04-18 Thread anartaxius
This is an aside regarding Hawking. I was watching the sitcom 'The Big Bang Theory' on Blu-ray last night, and in it the main character Dr Sheldon Cooper is desperately trying to get a meeting with Stephen Hawking to discuss his paper. He finally gets his meeting and the performer for Stephen

Re: [FairfieldLife] Is Classical Theism Really the Strongest Version of the God Idea?

2014-04-18 Thread salyavin808
His books are full of little puns too, which is a nice touch considering the effort it takes him to do anything! I believe he is also the person with the most guest appearances on the Simpsons. I looked on youtube for a link but no deal, dang copyright. Where's the harm? ---In

Re: [FairfieldLife] Is Classical Theism Really the Strongest Version of the God Idea?

2014-04-18 Thread TurquoiseBee
From: salyavin808 no_re...@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, April 18, 2014 6:14 PM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Is Classical Theism Really the Strongest Version of the God Idea?   His books are full of little puns too, which is a nice touch considering the

Re: [FairfieldLife] Is Classical Theism Really the Strongest Version of the God Idea?

2014-04-18 Thread salyavin808
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend@... wrote : I can't find the Hawking post on Feser's blog. Do you perhaps have a link? He did publish a review of Hawking's book on National Review Online; could that be where you saw it? It was apparently for subscribers only. Are you a

Re: [FairfieldLife] Is Classical Theism Really the Strongest Version of the God Idea?

2014-04-18 Thread authfriend
If classical theism is wrong, the universe is no different, of course. Is that what you really meant to ask? Here's a question for you: Try assuming that this classical god theory is wrong and whatever it is that it does - or did - stops, or never started. In what way is the universe

Re: [FairfieldLife] Is Classical Theism Really the Strongest Version of the God Idea?

2014-04-18 Thread curtisdeltablues
For Judy: So I post my reasons for objecting to Feser's absurd position on classical theism being the strongest version of the god idea that atheists need to address, a statement you yourself have parroted giving no reasons... you attack me personally and I ask you to stick to the topic as usual

Re: [FairfieldLife] Is Classical Theism Really the Strongest Version of the God Idea?

2014-04-18 Thread authfriend
For the record, Feser's position on classical theism is not significantly different from that of the other philosophers of religion and thelogians who espouse classical theism. To single his out as absurd is, well, absurd. Yes, you had a short ride this time. Sorry about that. As I said, I've

Re: [FairfieldLife] Is Classical Theism Really the Strongest Version of the God Idea?

2014-04-18 Thread curtisdeltablues
-In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend@... wrote : For the record, Feser's position on classical theism is not significantly different from that of the other philosophers of religion and thelogians who espouse classical theism. To single his out as absurd is, well, absurd. C: I

Re: [FairfieldLife] Is Classical Theism Really the Strongest Version of the God Idea?

2014-04-18 Thread authfriend
Is this it? As I showed in my review of their book The Grand Design http://nrd.nationalreview.com/?q=MjAxMDExMjk= for National Review, Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow are no more philosophically competent than Siegel is. Indeed, one of their errors is the same as Siegel’s: They tell us

Re: [FairfieldLife] Is Classical Theism Really the Strongest Version of the God Idea?

2014-04-18 Thread authfriend
Standard Curtis context-shifting. He can't respond to my point, so he shifts the context and claims it's a straw man (even though he had insisted on precisely what I addressed). ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues@... wrote : -In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,

Re: [FairfieldLife] Is Classical Theism Really the Strongest Version of the God Idea?

2014-04-18 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 4/18/2014 12:24 PM, curtisdeltabl...@yahoo.com wrote: It is all intellectual smoke and mirrors. Judy did a masterful job of sucking you guys down a theistic rabbit hole. I can't recall a time when she was in better form. It was just awesome! The question is why would you guys be so

Re: [FairfieldLife] Is Classical Theism Really the Strongest Version of the God Idea?

2014-04-18 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 4/18/2014 10:56 AM, anartax...@yahoo.com wrote: As I am a ember of the class of 'anyone', I want you to respond to each point Curtis made below. Try not to make character assassination and 'honesty' the main point. I think Curtis is the sharpest thinker that has appeared on FFL since I have

Re: [FairfieldLife] Is Classical Theism Really the Strongest Version of the God Idea?

2014-04-18 Thread salyavin808
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend@... wrote : If classical theism is wrong, the universe is no different, of course. Is that what you really meant to ask? Um, that's what I did ask. But it's nice to hear that there isn't anything to worry about cosmologically. For a

Re: [FairfieldLife] Is Classical Theism Really the Strongest Version of the God Idea?

2014-04-18 Thread curtisdeltablues
All very funny Richard. I've noticed that you have really been rocking the house this last year. Sorry I can't help you on the Barry campaign.We just don't roll like that with each other. We seem satisfied to state our opinions, and then drop it. As I said I don't have any unresolved issues

Re: [FairfieldLife] Is Classical Theism Really the Strongest Version of the God Idea?

2014-04-18 Thread curtisdeltablues
In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend@... wrote : Standard Curtis context-shifting. He can't respond to my point, so he shifts the context and claims it's a straw man (even though he had insisted on precisely what I addressed). C: No it is either your misread or my imprecision of

Re: [FairfieldLife] Is Classical Theism Really the Strongest Version of the God Idea?

2014-04-18 Thread salyavin808
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend@... wrote : Is this it? As I showed in my review of their book The Grand Design http://nrd.nationalreview.com/?q=MjAxMDExMjk= for National Review, Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow are no more philosophically competent than Siegel is.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Is Classical Theism Really the Strongest Version of the God Idea?

2014-04-18 Thread salyavin808
Thanks for that. Some good ones there, Don't Fear The Roofer is classic. Didn't know he did a Star Trek though. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb@... wrote : From: salyavin808 no_re...@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, April 18, 2014 6:14 PM

Re: [FairfieldLife] Is Classical Theism Really the Strongest Version of the God Idea?

2014-04-18 Thread anartaxius
That is an incomplete quote Judy: 'Because gravity shapes space and time, it allows space-time to be locally stable but globally unstable. On the scale of the entire universe, the positive energy of the mater can be balanced by the negative gravitational energy, and so there is no restriction

Re: [FairfieldLife] Is Classical Theism Really the Strongest Version of the God Idea?

2014-04-18 Thread authfriend
It appears to be a quote from the book, Salyavin. I kind of doubt Feser would just make it up. Hmm, here's another review by a philospher that quotes the same sentence: http://www.firstthings.com/article/2010/12/philosophy-lives http://www.firstthings.com/article/2010/12/philosophy-lives

Re: [FairfieldLife] Is Classical Theism Really the Strongest Version of the God Idea?

2014-04-18 Thread authfriend
It appears they are using nothing to mean something different from the philosophical nothing of ex nihilo, in which quantum fluctuations and/or gravity would not be nothing. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, anartaxius@... wrote : That is an incomplete quote Judy: 'Because gravity

Re: [FairfieldLife] Is Classical Theism Really the Strongest Version of the God Idea?

2014-04-18 Thread authfriend
BTW, the review of the book I cited for Salyavin quotes a different paragraph containing the same sentence: “[Just] as Darwin and Wallace explained how the apparently miraculous design of living forms could appear without intervention by a supreme being, the multiverse concept can explain

Re: [FairfieldLife] Is Classical Theism Really the Strongest Version of the God Idea?

2014-04-18 Thread salyavin808
It's deja vu all over again! ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend@... wrote : BTW, the review of the book I cited for Salyavin quotes a different paragraph containing the same sentence: “[Just] as Darwin and Wallace explained how the apparently miraculous design of living

Re: [FairfieldLife] Is Classical Theism Really the Strongest Version of the God Idea?

2014-04-18 Thread authfriend
An exhibition of how Curtis twists what one says: j: Curtis is indeed very sharp, and anyone who tangles with him is in for a hassle because he knows how to twist an argument into ingenious corkscrews. As I've pointed out before, one won't be able to see what he does until one has tangled

Re: [FairfieldLife] Is Classical Theism Really the Strongest Version of the God Idea?

2014-04-18 Thread authfriend
So I still don't know what Feser said that you thought was wrong... ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, no_re...@yahoogroups.com wrote : It's deja vu all over again! ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend@... wrote : BTW, the review of the book I cited for Salyavin quotes a

Re: [FairfieldLife] Is Classical Theism Really the Strongest Version of the God Idea?

2014-04-18 Thread salyavin808
Ignore for the moment the incoherence of the notion of self-causation (which we explored recently here http://edwardfeser.blogspot.com/2010/12/dreaded-causa-sui.html and here http://edwardfeser.blogspot.com/2010/12/causal-loops-infinite-regresses-and.html). Put to one side the question of

Re: [FairfieldLife] Is Classical Theism Really the Strongest Version of the God Idea?

2014-04-18 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 4/18/2014 1:43 PM, curtisdeltabl...@yahoo.com wrote: But keep on with the whacking stick for all of us Richard. It seems to suit you. You don't seem to be interested in music anymore. What's with all the metaphysics? Why is Judy so easily able to suck you down the rabbit hole? I guess

Re: [FairfieldLife] Is Classical Theism Really the Strongest Version of the God Idea?

2014-04-18 Thread awoelflebater
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues@... wrote : For Judy: So I post my reasons for objecting to Feser's absurd position on classical theism being the strongest version of the god idea that atheists need to address, a statement you yourself have parroted giving no

Re: [FairfieldLife] Is Classical Theism Really the Strongest Version of the God Idea?

2014-04-18 Thread authfriend
Not sorted, sorry. You claimed Hawking couldn't have written what Feser quoted him as saying because it was appallingly inaccurate, but in fact Hawking did write it, twice. So why was Feser wrong to have called him on it? ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, no_re...@yahoogroups.com wrote :

Re: [FairfieldLife] Is Classical Theism Really the Strongest Version of the God Idea?

2014-04-18 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 4/18/2014 10:21 AM, awoelfleba...@yahoo.com wrote: *Sorry, Curtis, I get it that you were looking forward to a big fight, but you aren't going to get it from me. I've had more than enough of your dishonest debating tactics.* * * *Cops refer to other cops they know to be corrupt as dirty.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Is Classical Theism Really the Strongest Version of the God Idea?

2014-04-18 Thread awoelflebater
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, punditster@... wrote : On 4/18/2014 10:21 AM, awoelflebater@... mailto:awoelflebater@... wrote: Sorry, Curtis, I get it that you were looking forward to a big fight, but you aren't going to get it from me. I've had more than enough of your dishonest

Re: [FairfieldLife] Is Classical Theism Really the Strongest Version of the God Idea?

2014-04-17 Thread TurquoiseBee
Ah, I've missed you, man. To Judy, this is what I meant by being able to come up with one's own argument, and in one's own language. All you are capable of is the same thing Curtis suspects Fess of doing -- intellectual McCarthyism: I have in my hand a list of the Great Books that you have to

Re: [FairfieldLife] Is Classical Theism Really the Strongest Version of the God Idea?

2014-04-17 Thread curtisdeltablues
Thanks Barry. The dickish depths of Feser go much deeper than I was able to go into here. The connection I made to Palin's M.O. is valid on many levels.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Is Classical Theism Really the Strongest Version of the God Idea?

2014-04-17 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 4/17/2014 2:18 PM, curtisdeltabl...@yahoo.com wrote: You know in a special time when monkeys and yogisflew through the air. Humans love to fantasize about previous ages being “golden ages” of knowledge don’t we? It was actually a relatively recent event that monkey came flying out of

Re: [FairfieldLife] Is Classical Theism Really the Strongest Version of the God Idea?

2014-04-17 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 4/17/2014 2:43 PM, curtisdeltabl...@yahoo.com wrote: Thanks Barry. The dickish depths of Feser go much deeper than I was able to go into here. You can't go very much more to dickish depths when Barry posted a claim to having witnessed levitation, Curtis. What, exactly, are you two guys

Re: [FairfieldLife] Is Classical Theism Really the Strongest Version of the God Idea?

2014-04-17 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 4/17/2014 2:34 PM, TurquoiseBee wrote: To Judy, this is what I meant by being able to come up with one's own argument, and in one's own language. All you are capable of is the same thing Curtis suspects Fess of doing -- intellectual McCarthyism: I have in my hand a list of the Great Books

Re: [FairfieldLife] Is Classical Theism Really the Strongest Version of the God Idea?

2014-04-17 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 4/17/2014 5:36 PM, authfri...@yahoo.com wrote: Good old Curtis, slippery as ever. Notice that /he/ doesn't present the argument of classical theism any more than I did. All he does is claim it's inadequate (love to see how well he'd do in a debate with Feser). Yeah, like Curtis has been

Re: [FairfieldLife] Is Classical Theism Really the Strongest Version of the God Idea?

2014-04-17 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 4/17/2014 8:14 PM, curtisdeltabl...@yahoo.com wrote: You know what you COULD have done? Presented why you find classical theism to be the strongest version of the god idea. You know, like a real discussion of ideas between people who disagree but like to express their opinions. But you

Re: [FairfieldLife] Is Classical Theism Really the Strongest Version of the God Idea?

2014-04-17 Thread authfriend
I can't resist highlighting this example of Curtis's typical hypocrisy; it's so blatant: You know what you COULD have done? Presented why you find classical theism to be the strongest version of the god idea. You know, like a real discussion of ideas between people who disagree but like to

Re: [FairfieldLife] Is Classical Theism Really the Strongest Version of the God Idea?

2014-04-17 Thread curtisdeltablues
I get it that you really are not able to follow my critique of his laughable presentation of classical theism as the strongest version of the god idea. You can't follow philosophy which is why you just parroted his conclusion but can't offer any counter argument to my points other than sophist

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