tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-400498511710662623.post6159683129366155406..comments2022-11-16T07:55:03.670-06:00Comments on in medias res: Ricky Gervais on why he's an atheistelisamaza76http://www.blogger.com/profile/00391901675763660772noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-400498511710662623.post-58515061769447891642010-12-20T04:52:34.978-06:002010-12-20T04:52:34.978-06:00Jeannine, I kind of want a t-shirt that says, &quo...Jeannine, I kind of want a t-shirt that says, "I miss the Christian humanists." I haven't read Erasmus in a long time - so sharp and so funny all at once!elisamaza76https://www.blogger.com/profile/00391901675763660772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-400498511710662623.post-62782798066603133702010-12-19T21:13:18.791-06:002010-12-19T21:13:18.791-06:00I miss the Christian humanists. I think Pascale an...I miss the Christian humanists. I think Pascale and Erasmus have some of the best philosophical Christian writing that exists. Pensees and In Praise of Folly are still frequent visitors on my shelf. If can ever write something as awesome and funny as Erasmus, I will die a happy woman.Jeanninehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16419593830749483323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-400498511710662623.post-39214779648481150502010-12-19T17:16:48.242-06:002010-12-19T17:16:48.242-06:00The God question. It's a tough one. One of my ...The God question. It's a tough one. One of my favorite television quotes ever was from Northern Exposure. I don't remember which episode it was, but the main character says something like this: "I admire atheists. It takes a lot of faith to believe that everything came from nothing." <br /><br />That really struck me, the idea that atheists have faith. I think that's part of the problem - people tend to think of faith and religion as the same thing. They're not. And since it's your life's work, who better than you to know that?<br /><br />I think, in fact, that you could easily make the argument that science is the new religion. (I'm sure someone much smarter than I actually has.) Religion started as a way to explain why things happened. People followed their religions blindly. People now follow science just as blindly. <br /><br />blah, blah. I could ramble about faith, religion and science for hours. Personally, I am a practicing Christian. I am a creationist that believes in evolution. I think people use both religion and science as an argument a "stick to beat people with." <br /><br />Finally, want/need proof that there is a God? The Saints won the Superbowl...katie71483https://www.blogger.com/profile/01630112624048325284noreply@blogger.com