tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24761391.post4059818907433690607..comments2023-10-26T22:06:11.166+11:00Comments on Metamagician3000: Radio Australia InterviewRussell Blackfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12431324430596809958noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24761391.post-13240369562092617792009-12-03T11:34:37.254+11:002009-12-03T11:34:37.254+11:00Hey, Bob, thanks for your comment! Cheers, --Jac...Hey, Bob, thanks for your comment! Cheers, --Jack DannAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24761391.post-83218739984179919882009-11-21T09:45:42.690+11:002009-11-21T09:45:42.690+11:00Great interview. Odd, though, it seems to me, how ...Great interview. Odd, though, it seems to me, how people just assume that the stories in the OT must be, in some sense, true, so they have to find believeable explanations for things that their reason can no longer accept. Curious, too, to think that, just because someone says, "This is where Jesus was buried," or "This is Moses' staff," this somehow confirms the ancient stories.<br /><br />I'm making my meandering way through "50 Voices". It really is a great collection of essays. Thanks. Udo's is very special, and says things that needed saying very badly. I had a particularly happy "Aha!" moment in reading Adèle Mercier's contribution, where she says, "Religion is all about believing one's beliefs are right, not about having right beliefs." <br /><br />Remembering my own journeys in faith, which should have ended long before they did, it struck me very powerfully how accurate this is. This is why religious disagreements are so powerful and destructive. If it were a matter of having right beliefs one could repose confidently in one's chosen path, no matter what others might say. Second order beliefs are much more important to the religious than the first order beliefs they think they believe in. Why else would they be offended by being told (implicitly or explicitly) that their beliefs are wrong (if they <i>really</i> believe them)? It seems so obvious. Why didn't it before?Greywizardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04125006513512601904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24761391.post-80039746594064611692009-11-20T12:02:29.744+11:002009-11-20T12:02:29.744+11:00It was rather interesting for me to read the blog....It was rather interesting for me to read the blog. Thanks for it. I like such topics and anything that is connected to them. I definitely want to read more soon.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24761391.post-45266155762925159092009-11-20T09:13:39.519+11:002009-11-20T09:13:39.519+11:00Jack will be really appreciative of that.Jack will be really appreciative of that.Russell Blackfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12431324430596809958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24761391.post-14983683723852726222009-11-20T02:55:44.880+11:002009-11-20T02:55:44.880+11:00The link works well for me.
I am currently readin...The link works well for me.<br /><br />I am currently reading "50 Voices of Disbelief" and I just read "Antinomies" by Jack Dann.<br /><br />This essay is the most impressive so far for me. I looked up Dann and emailed him to tell him how much his essay means to me.NewEnglandBobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07190715223856189053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24761391.post-38418989218241625842009-11-19T16:38:46.084+11:002009-11-19T16:38:46.084+11:00Hmm, the link works for me, but try pasting in tha...Hmm, the link works for me, but try pasting in that link provided by Anonymous if you have trouble.Russell Blackfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12431324430596809958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24761391.post-46889304919575183862009-11-19T15:28:33.280+11:002009-11-19T15:28:33.280+11:00I had trouble with your link. The direct link is h...I had trouble with your link. The direct link is here: http://mpegmedia.abc.net.au/ra/podcast/breakfastclub/20091119.mp3Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com