tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8841992273882225141.post4006849340229546532..comments2023-08-17T06:06:23.531-04:00Comments on Ibo et Non Redibo: God, Atoms and Horrid Red ThingsJohn Ohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07309411001384211788noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8841992273882225141.post-76218227538862250342014-02-01T18:40:22.313-05:002014-02-01T18:40:22.313-05:00Thanks for this comment, Craig—I like the way you&...Thanks for this comment, Craig—I like the way you've articulated the situation in your first paragraph. (“A kind of thin remnant” is a felicitous turn of phrase).<br /><br />I wouldn't say that understanding faith is necessarily “tangential to the main question of holiness”. The Church needs good theology if she is to be effective in her role as the sacrament of salvation. But good theologians are, it seems to me, <a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+5%3A8" rel="nofollow">first of all holy people</a>.<br /><br />As for your desire to set everyone on the internet straight, you will relate to <a href="http://xkcd.com/386/" rel="nofollow">this</a>.Adam D. Hincks, S.J.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09317894445176628003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8841992273882225141.post-22080921460474228402014-01-31T16:56:48.447-05:002014-01-31T16:56:48.447-05:00Thank you, Adam, for your gentle defense of the po...Thank you, Adam, for your gentle defense of the poor in spirit and the humble of heart.Riverbank Dreamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00797454699525272173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8841992273882225141.post-49526550907278053402014-01-31T11:10:19.842-05:002014-01-31T11:10:19.842-05:00Very well said, Adam.
I haven't invested muc...Very well said, Adam. <br /><br />I haven't invested much time in following these discussions around Hart's book (though I have read the book), but the general impression I get is that a number of atheists are interpreting his more philosophical portrait of God as an evasion, a kind of thin remnant that remains after the usual view of God beats a hasty retreat before the vanquishing atheist hordes, or even a desperate invention designed expressly to evade the force of atheist arguments. There's little appreciation that this is old theology that is and has been central to our tradition for a long time. If only I had the leisure to disabuse the whole internet of this mistaken view of things.<br /><br />I do wish that I had a better understanding of classical theism -- not so much the claims, but the rationale for the claims. But, as you say, it is all rather tangential to the main question of holiness.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com