[ExI] Theological arguments

[Keith Henson]

On Fri, Dec 11, 2015 at 3:27 PM,   Anders Sandberg <anders at aleph.se> wrote:

> On 2015-12-11 20:07, Keith Henson wrote:
>> On Thu, Dec 10, 2015 at 8:07 PM,   Anders Sandberg <anders at aleph.se> wrote:
>>
>> snip
>>> There is also a fundamental problem with lack of tools for criticism.
>>> How many can make a good theological argument these days?
>> That's a good point.  I tend to bypass theology for biology,
>> particularly evolutionary psychology and reply to theology questions
>> with the meta question, "Why do humans have religions at all?"
>
> But notice you have now given a walk-over victory to your religious
> interlocutor. You are not engaging with them about the issue at hand.

That's true.

I must admit that I have not engaged in a theological argument in so
long (decades at least) that I am not sure I would recognize one if it
came up and said, "Hello."  Perhaps that's an overstatement, but I
seldom get involved, no more than I get involved in discussions of
shades of lipstick or the latest rock bands.

I have not been paying enough attention to the development of this thread.

> It is a bit like me responding to your argument with "Why do people use
> evolutionary psychology?" and then start analysing the culture of
> western academia.

That might be kind of interesting.