It is generally considered impolite to ask someone an intrusive question like “What is your religious belief?” We could reword it to sound more innocuous and say “What is your philosophical worldview?” They really are the same question but the first might get you a mildly offended look while the second would be most likely [...]
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I like it when I discover that I have thoughts or experiences in common with really smart people. William P. Alston, philospher and professor emeritus at Syracuse University died recently and he was a pretty smart guy. What do I have in common with him? Mr. Alston had an autobiographical chapter in Thomas Morris’s God and the [...] About twenty years ago I stopped regularly attending church. Over the years I had visited my mom’s church to be nice to her and see some family. I drifted in and out of considering myself an atheist, then a pantheist, then a panentheist. Ethically, relativism seemed incompatible with the way we actually live our lives [...] |
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