tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9479398.post3236080778208460760..comments2024-03-28T11:33:16.271-05:00Comments on Adventus: I'm only sorry I'm not surprisedUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9479398.post-12947451574716366312015-08-02T21:19:02.747-05:002015-08-02T21:19:02.747-05:00Scientists do not learn to challenge their most ba...Scientists do not learn to challenge their most basic assumptions. <br />Pastors do. At least one-third of seminary is challenging whatever you think is true and can be trusted. Who else gets that kind of training as preparation for their profession? Rmjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11265837684238199954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9479398.post-16023600748225479582015-08-02T19:51:05.311-05:002015-08-02T19:51:05.311-05:00Being able to listen to full sermons, lectures, et...Being able to listen to full sermons, lectures, etc. on Youtubes has been a revelation in different sermon styles to me. I'm often struck by the intelligence of them, often unexpected liberalism and radicalism. Far from the current stereotype of intellectual deficiency in Christianity, most of what I'm hearing is far deeper and more aware of philosophical complexities than what you'll get from atheist scientist ideologues or philosophical atheist ideologues. That one I listened two, a debate between John Lennox and Churchfeld was pretty shocking in so far as Churchfeld seemed to be ignorant of the epidemiological complications of his own subject matter. <br /><br />It's telling that most mainstream clergy have had some training in rhetoric, logic and philosophy whereas a lot of the sci-guys haven't, it being deemed beneath the high priesthood of science to learn about such things. It is a reversal of stereotypes where it is the sci guys who are the hierarchs of unquestionable faith and the religious who are open to poking at the foundations of their thinking to look for problems. It reminds me of the lesson I learned by dissing Penn Jillette's incredibly stupid movie, The Aristocrats. The kewl kids were horrified that I'd diss that great work of ert by the intellectually inert Jillert (got into a thing, there). They reminded me of nothing so much as the stereotypical blue stockings looking for dirty books in a 1950s-early 60s movie. It got me banned like they used to ban books in Boston, only it was banned at E-ton. The Thought Criminalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01381376556757084468noreply@blogger.com