Comments on: A variety of things http://www.chriswalley.net/2009/11/06/variety-of-things/ Author, geologist and teacher: official website and blog Wed, 23 Jun 2010 23:22:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: kirsty http://www.chriswalley.net/2009/11/06/variety-of-things/comment-page-1/#comment-703 kirsty Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:33:37 +0000 http://www.chriswalley.net/?p=342#comment-703 Also perhaps a 'useful' shibboleth - "You believe in an old earth - you're a bit dodgy.", or, alternatively, "You believe in a young earth - you're just a naïve fundamentalist." Which is not, of course, how we should be relating to each other. But so easy. Also perhaps a ‘useful’ shibboleth – “You believe in an old earth – you’re a bit dodgy.”, or, alternatively, “You believe in a young earth – you’re just a naïve fundamentalist.”

Which is not, of course, how we should be relating to each other. But so easy.

]]> By: Boaz http://www.chriswalley.net/2009/11/06/variety-of-things/comment-page-1/#comment-696 Boaz Sat, 07 Nov 2009 13:36:40 +0000 http://www.chriswalley.net/?p=342#comment-696 Hello, Dr. Walley. I'm not sure why you would be perturbed about the questions, since there are a lot of people that could construct a logic chain where if the universe came into being in a fashion other than outlined in Genesis (even (or especially) ignoring time, just considering order), then God seems to have lied, and is no longer perfectly good. So an argument straight out of philosophy, logic, and theology, but that has profound implications in those fields: do you really want to follow a God that is not perfect? What would the nature of the afterlife be under such a deity, assuming that such an afterlife exists? Boaz, pondering provocative questions Hello, Dr. Walley.

I’m not sure why you would be perturbed about the questions, since there are a lot of people that could construct a logic chain where if the universe came into being in a fashion other than outlined in Genesis (even (or especially) ignoring time, just considering order), then God seems to have lied, and is no longer perfectly good. So an argument straight out of philosophy, logic, and theology, but that has profound implications in those fields: do you really want to follow a God that is not perfect? What would the nature of the afterlife be under such a deity, assuming that such an afterlife exists?

Boaz, pondering provocative questions

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