tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13617569.post160129803088158168..comments2024-03-27T02:13:58.088-07:00Comments on Integral Options Cafe: Daniel Dennett on Beliefwilliam harrymanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06981478282688361274noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13617569.post-67340899012876674172008-02-22T09:19:00.000-07:002008-02-22T09:19:00.000-07:00I watched this whole series last year...interestin...I watched this whole series last year...interesting.<BR/><BR/>I agree with Jay, that it is curious to me that Dennett believes he rejecting such a bizarre cartoon concept of god.<BR/>And I find it funny that he thinks he hasn't met very many people who actually believe in god.<BR/><BR/>I think that is weird because I find there are a lot of people, expecially in the U.S. who believe in god...almost everyone.<BR/><BR/>Denett's treatment of the idea of god and of god...he is an unsophisticated atheist. I've met some really intellectual and intense atheists...and they give a person a real good work out. They dn't treat the enterprise smugly with Santa references. I remember a good definition of an atheist being a person who found out there wasn't a Santa and was bitter about it for the rest of their lives...so I laugh when Dennet refers to Santa.<BR/><BR/>I also find it interesting that so many atheists adopt"dogmas" when they reject the stereotypical dogmas associated with major religions...yet they are the first to show case atheist dogmas in discussions.<BR/><BR/>Again, the human mind and ego is interesting because of its compulsions and another of those compulsions is "polarity"..making all arguments extreme rather than a series of nuances or details.Candy Minxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07350752657678863378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13617569.post-82167010271578195962008-02-21T09:12:00.000-07:002008-02-21T09:12:00.000-07:00It's a little sad that the atheist refutation of s...It's a little sad that the atheist refutation of spirituality still centers on (1) the Christian conception of God and (2) a horribly arcane, primitive conception of God. There's a mountain of difference between Pat Robertson and Matthew Fox. <BR/><BR/>(I mean Matthew Fox the priest, not the guy from LOST. Although I don't think he has much in common with Pat, either.)Jay Andrew Allenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03205937919143907611noreply@blogger.com