Post tagged with Bertrand Russell

  • Everybody's gotta god

    September 23rd, 201007:55 PM ET
    By Randal Rauser
    A new/old visitor to the Tentative Apologist, whatifitstrue, asks: "When does a belief system (including , perhaps atheism) become a religion...?" So what is religion? Perhaps belief in God, an authoritative revealed text, and a set of sacred rituals? In Bob’s garage is a cherry 70’ Chevelle 454. On the shelf beside the car is a well worn cop...

  • An Atheist Pot, a Christian Kettle, and an ironic charge of blackness

    December 12th, 200912:53 PM ET
    By Randal Rauser
    In my last couple posts I initiated a discussion on theories of incarnation. In the threaded discussion to the post "Did Baby Jesus know more physics than Einstein?" I made the following comment: "The challenge is to explain what this [incarnation] means qua human and divine knowledge in a way that is both orthodox and coherent." In other words, ...

  • Is it better to affirm a truth for the wrong reasons than to deny it for the right ones?

    July 29th, 200908:50 AM ET
    By Randal Rauser
    An acquaintance of mine, Stephen M. Wagner, sent me the following question: "is it better to believe something true through indoctrination and rhetoric or to believe something false through reflection and argument?" While it is a great question, let me put it in my own words, in part because I want to make it my own, and in part because I'm uncomf...
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