Comments on: greek http://www.jesusandmo.net/2008/01/10/greek/ Two prophets, living together. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 00:52:27 +0000 hourly 1 By: ToddAwful http://www.jesusandmo.net/2008/01/10/greek/#comment-83175 ToddAwful Tue, 20 May 2008 01:50:15 +0000 http://www.jesusandmo.net/2008/01/10/greek/#comment-83175 It's "mystic revelation" actually, not hubris. It’s “mystic revelation” actually, not hubris.

]]> By: Hobbes http://www.jesusandmo.net/2008/01/10/greek/#comment-69277 Hobbes Fri, 18 Jan 2008 21:15:23 +0000 http://www.jesusandmo.net/2008/01/10/greek/#comment-69277 As for a rocket looking like a penis, perhaps it may be that shape because it must be aerodynamically sound in order for it to fulfill its function. Perhaps it's no accident that the penis is shaped like a rocket, for the same reason. As for a rocket looking like a penis, perhaps it may be that shape because it must be aerodynamically sound in order for it to fulfill its function.

Perhaps it’s no accident that the penis is shaped like a rocket, for the same reason.

]]> By: Alfonso Armenta http://www.jesusandmo.net/2008/01/10/greek/#comment-68921 Alfonso Armenta Wed, 16 Jan 2008 16:04:01 +0000 http://www.jesusandmo.net/2008/01/10/greek/#comment-68921 We atheists worry about religion not because it might or might not be true (we each have our own views about that in detail) but because of the pain that it causes to many, the sadness that it brings to us when we think of the millions deprived of truth because of religion. And to defeat your enemy (real or invented) you must study it. We atheists worry about religion not because it might or might not be true (we each have our own views about that in detail) but because of the pain that it causes to many, the sadness that it brings to us when we think of the millions deprived of truth because of religion.

And to defeat your enemy (real or invented) you must study it.

]]> By: jONES. http://www.jesusandmo.net/2008/01/10/greek/#comment-68731 jONES. Tue, 15 Jan 2008 16:02:43 +0000 http://www.jesusandmo.net/2008/01/10/greek/#comment-68731 Being right is possible, but the bible and the koran have quite a few pages of stories, facts and opinions each... so to "be right" about either book, let alone choosing between them is "Being Right" on the level of a planet compared to a pebble... that's a little more than just Human. We can't even be right about the dictionary, and that's just the meaning of words themselves, let alone what whole stories of them mean... Being right is possible, but the bible and the koran have quite a few pages of stories, facts and opinions each… so to “be right” about either book, let alone choosing between them is “Being Right” on the level of a planet compared to a pebble… that’s a little more than just Human. We can’t even be right about the dictionary, and that’s just the meaning of words themselves, let alone what whole stories of them mean…

]]> By: Rob C http://www.jesusandmo.net/2008/01/10/greek/#comment-68682 Rob C Tue, 15 Jan 2008 11:39:02 +0000 http://www.jesusandmo.net/2008/01/10/greek/#comment-68682 Well, technically speaking, "a brief moment of infallibility" is, in ordinary terms, called "being right"; doing this once or twice in your lifetime is within the reach of a normal human...and especially within the reach of an educated human, who has access to a wide range of data and has been trained to think clearly. But the hard part is to be right about The Big Things. Darwin got it right, although he didn't do it alone. Science is more a social activity than many people like to think. But Darwin certainly credited others their due. No hubris there, though Dawkins makes the point that no-one had noticed the creative power of natural selection before Darwin, so perhaps a little was even in order... Well, technically speaking, “a brief moment of infallibility” is, in ordinary terms, called “being right”; doing this once or twice in your lifetime is within the reach of a normal human…and especially within the reach of an educated human, who has access to a wide range of data and has been trained to think clearly.

But the hard part is to be right about The Big Things. Darwin got it right, although he didn’t do it alone. Science is more a social activity than many people like to think. But Darwin certainly credited others their due. No hubris there, though Dawkins makes the point that no-one had noticed the creative power of natural selection before Darwin, so perhaps a little was even in order…

]]> By: al http://www.jesusandmo.net/2008/01/10/greek/#comment-68636 al Tue, 15 Jan 2008 08:12:07 +0000 http://www.jesusandmo.net/2008/01/10/greek/#comment-68636 everything looks like a penis or a vagina. pay attention from now on. youll see everything looks like a penis or a vagina. pay attention from now on. youll see

]]> By: Ophelia Benson http://www.jesusandmo.net/2008/01/10/greek/#comment-68240 Ophelia Benson Sat, 12 Jan 2008 18:45:25 +0000 http://www.jesusandmo.net/2008/01/10/greek/#comment-68240 Where does author get all this stuff, you ask? Author reads widely! And we read Author, so it's mutually rewarding and enriching. Where does author get all this stuff, you ask? Author reads widely! And we read Author, so it’s mutually rewarding and enriching.

]]> By: fontor http://www.jesusandmo.net/2008/01/10/greek/#comment-68218 fontor Sat, 12 Jan 2008 15:35:20 +0000 http://www.jesusandmo.net/2008/01/10/greek/#comment-68218 This is what I've been thinking lately. Richard Dawkins <a href="http://www.neuralgourmet.com/2007/04/24/dawkins_vs_oreilly" rel="nofollow">here</a> alluded to the humility that scientists need to have -- we don't know everything, we need to be able to change and update our views, etc. Compare that to the hubris of the believer: my belief system was given by god, it's perfect (i.e. it would work if people could only live by it perfectly), and changing it would be heresy. And then they say atheists are guilty of hubris? This is what I’ve been thinking lately.

Richard Dawkins here alluded to the humility that scientists need to have — we don’t know everything, we need to be able to change and update our views, etc.

Compare that to the hubris of the believer: my belief system was given by god, it’s perfect (i.e. it would work if people could only live by it perfectly), and changing it would be heresy.

And then they say atheists are guilty of hubris?

]]> By: Pambos http://www.jesusandmo.net/2008/01/10/greek/#comment-68094 Pambos Sat, 12 Jan 2008 00:57:27 +0000 http://www.jesusandmo.net/2008/01/10/greek/#comment-68094 Dude, do you study theology or something? How do you know so much stuff about religion and... stuff? I mean, I would say that you bother waaaay too much for an atheist (you are atheist, aren't you? DUH!), but of course please keep on posting because the comic strips are very, very funny! Amazing arguments though, what are your sources? Because if you are thinking all these by yourself, then it's really cool to have people thinking freely. Dude, do you study theology or something? How do you know so much stuff about religion and… stuff? I mean, I would say that you bother waaaay too much for an atheist (you are atheist, aren’t you? DUH!), but of course please keep on posting because the comic strips are very, very funny!

Amazing arguments though, what are your sources? Because if you are thinking all these by yourself, then it’s really cool to have people thinking freely.

]]> By: arensb http://www.jesusandmo.net/2008/01/10/greek/#comment-68016 arensb Fri, 11 Jan 2008 17:42:02 +0000 http://www.jesusandmo.net/2008/01/10/greek/#comment-68016 <blockquote>it looked like a rocket ship at first</blockquote> Maybe it's a <a href="http://www.nippon2007.us/hugo_photos/hugo_archive.php" rel="nofollow">Hugo award</a>.

it looked like a rocket ship at first

Maybe it’s a Hugo award.

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