<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body><div><div style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">How many can make a good theological argument these days? ...<br>--<br>Anders Sandberg<br><br><br>Isn't "good theological argument" an oxymoron. Like "military intelligence". :)<br><br>Colin</div></div><div dir="ltr"><hr><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: bold;">From: </span><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><a href="mailto:spike66@att.net">spike</a></span><br><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: bold;">Sent: </span><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">11/12/2015 9:08 AM</span><br><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: bold;">To: </span><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org">'ExI chat list'</a></span><br><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: bold;">Subject: </span><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Re: [ExI] The list is in the timeline and Religious Idiocy</span><br><br></div>>... On Behalf Of Anders Sandberg<br><br><br>> On Wed, Dec 9, 2015 at 8:46 PM, John Clark <johnkclark@gmail.com> wrote:<br>><br>>> ?Why is it OK to criticize somebody's beliefs about anything EXCEPT <br>>> religion no matter how brain dead dumb it is? ...<br><br><br>>...There is also a fundamental problem with lack of tools for criticism. <br>How many can make a good theological argument these days? ...<br>--<br>Anders Sandberg<br>_______________________________________________<br><br>Meeeeeee, I can. I have been an atheist for over 30 years now, but I still<br>remember how to do theological synthesis from my misspent youth. I still<br>know the lines of reasoning, the basic assumptions, the tools of the trade.<br><br>I did observe something interesting from the old days: those who can do the<br>most effective theological synthesis (creating novel lines of reasoning in<br>theological matters (there are such things)) are those who are not<br>themselves believers.<br><br>spike<br><br><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>extropy-chat mailing list<br>extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org<br>http://lists.extropy.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/extropy-chat<br></body></html>