the greatest natural theologian since
Are there different sorts of theologians? I mean, is natural like a natural-born theologian, or a theological term?
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§ ita § - Aug 23, 2005 11:52:03 am PDT #556 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
bon bon - Aug 23, 2005 11:53:42 am PDT #557 of 10002
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
Are there different sorts of theologians? I mean, is natural like a natural-born theologian, or a theological term?
Apparently, a natural theologican tries to prove the existence of God through evidence available to everyone.
Jesse - Aug 23, 2005 11:54:46 am PDT #558 of 10002
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Are there different sorts of theologians? I mean, is natural like a natural-born theologian, or a theological term?
I think the answer to that is this:
Apparently, a natural theologican tries to prove the existence of God through evidence available to everyone.
I still say theologian is not the same as logician.
§ ita § - Aug 23, 2005 11:55:01 am PDT #559 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
What are the other sorts of theologians, and do they try to prove the existence of God? If so, how?
Nutty - Aug 23, 2005 11:55:13 am PDT #560 of 10002
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
through evidence available to everyone.
Everyone who has never taken a statistics class, I fear.
DavidS - Aug 23, 2005 11:57:29 am PDT #561 of 10002
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What are the other sorts of theologians, and do they try to prove the existence of God?
Rhetoric and stuff.
If so, how?
Or hand puppets. Manger Babies.
tommyrot - Aug 23, 2005 11:58:55 am PDT #562 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
God exists, because it says so in the Bible, and the Bible is the word of God.
erikaj - Aug 23, 2005 12:02:03 pm PDT #563 of 10002
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Hee, hee...Manger Babies. "This octopus has six legs. If I call him a sextapus, will I offend sensibilities?"
Tom Scola - Aug 23, 2005 12:08:56 pm PDT #564 of 10002
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it's 50/50 that I will, in fact, be elected Queen Of The World and Ruler Of All. I mean, either I will or I won't, right?
You need to give up this bad attitude and stop selling yourself short.
Emily - Aug 23, 2005 12:09:06 pm PDT #565 of 10002
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I recalled that Bob has mentioned Swinburne in the past so I called him, and he's writing me an email explaining this which I will post. But for the interim, I will note that he said Swinburne is arguably the greatest natural theologian since Aquinas.
Okay, see, now I feel bad. But I will say, in my defense, that it seemed unlikely that anyone who, say, was a Professor at Oxford would say any such thing. I was sort of meaning to ridicule that, or perhaps the concept of such a person, rather than the actual person himself, whose assertions I imagine were mangled out of all recognition by, say it again with me, Netscape "News". But it was funnier not to say that part.