[ExI] The Golden Compass

Stathis Papaioannou stathisp at gmail.com
Wed Nov 7 11:07:15 UTC 2007


On 07/11/2007, Stefan Pernar <stefan.pernar at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Nov 7, 2007 2:14 PM, John K Clark <jonkc at att.net> wrote:
>
> > elements, but even so it should be interesting. Pullman is an militant
> > atheist and is quoted as saying "my books are about killing God"; and
> > remember, this is supposed to be a children's writer! How he managed
> > to get away with this I don't know but Mr. Pullman sir I salute you.
> >
>
> Do I understand your view correctly that you support Pullman because you
> agree that since the existence of a God can not be proven it is not
> justified to hold religious believes? I would argue that truth content is
> not the only justification for holding a particular believe...

If Christians would come out and admit that they don't decide to
believe things on the basis of whether or not they are true, it would
simplify matters greatly.


-- 
Stathis Papaioannou



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