tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24761391.post513852059573786569..comments2023-10-26T22:06:11.166+11:00Comments on Metamagician3000: Thanks to all who sent me that review of 50 Voices of DisbeliefRussell Blackfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12431324430596809958noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24761391.post-40014339724800532842010-11-19T19:59:00.910+11:002010-11-19T19:59:00.910+11:00http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nostradamus
russell...http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nostradamus<br /><br /><br />russell blackford does not exist...<br />_______________<br /><br />http://richarddawkins.net/discussions/543672-inhertitance-of-acquired-behaviour-adaptions-and-brain-gene-expression-in-chickens<br /><br />atheists, we’re gonna cut off your heads…<br /><br />THE HIGH PRICE OF REVOLUTION<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/user/xviolatex?feature=mhumUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17635603830646355256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24761391.post-47863864317643290442010-11-19T01:36:51.492+11:002010-11-19T01:36:51.492+11:00We could be equipped, in our "programming&quo...<i>We could be equipped, in our "programming", for the counterfactual possibility of suffering without it ever actually arising, and we could even be offered choices whether or not to bring it about (we'd freely decide not to, because that's what we'd be like).</i><br /><br />...which is what the "elect" are supposedly like in Heaven. They presumably still have free will, yet no one ever sins.<br /><br />In the book, I particularly like Julian Baggini's "reverse theodicy" -- turn the argument on its head, and works just as well.Eamon Knighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04262012749524758120noreply@blogger.com