Comments for Wisdom and Folly

Comment on Random Thoughts by Austin Gravley

Austin Gravley — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 23:16:51 +0000

The Old Spice guy cracks me up. Just saying.

Comment on Random Thoughts by layla

layla — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 21:06:26 +0000

1. the old spice guy bugs me, and i can’t use any dove products because despite their claim to gentleness and purity, my skin/hair can’t tolerate the chemicals
2. school zone drama… public school morning drop-off and afternoon pick-up are a nightmare. if you ever had dismissal duty you would know what a headache it can be. parents really will nearly run over other people’s children. i am not making this up.
3. u.s.d.a. = evil just ask jaime oliver
whew, i feel better getting that jumble out of my skull. thanks!

Comment on Random Thoughts by Andrew

Andrew — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 14:57:12 +0000

Three for three! Interesting thoughts that made me smile and/or wince. Thanks, Amy.

Comment on The “Pray for an Atheist” Campaign by Louis

Louis — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 13:24:11 +0000

Dan,

I think your comment is misplaced. It’s not to say that there aren’t arrogant atheists (there are arrogant adherents to any philosophical position), but when comparing the overall worldviews of the theist and non-theist I think it becomes clear which is more arrogant in terms of its overall truth claims. Have you read any Sam Harris by chance? Letter to a Christian Nation is a quick read (about 115 pages). As Harris puts it:

One of the monumental ironies of religious discourse can be appreciated in the frequency with which people of faith praise themselves for their humility, while condemning scientists and other non-believers for their intellectual arrogance. There is, in fact, no worldview more reprehensible in its arrogance than that of a religious believer: the creator of the universe takes an interest in me, approves of me, loves me, and will reward me after death; my current beliefs, drawn from scripture, will remain the best statement of the truth until the end of the world; everyone who disagrees with me will spend eternity in hell…An average Christian, in an average church, listening to an average Sunday sermon has achieved a level of arrogance simply unimaginable in scientific discourse–and there have been some extraordinarily arrogant scientists.

Comment on My Summer Reading by Andy Rowell

Andy Rowell — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 01:13:23 +0000

Fun to hear your take on all these, Jim. Thanks for the update.

Comment on The “Pray for an Atheist” Campaign by Dan Newcomb

Dan Newcomb — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 01:05:32 +0000

Dr Spiegel,
I’m just catching up on your blog, I haven’t read it since I went through the sell of my company in the spring. Did Rob ever reply? I would love to see it. Why is it the atheist is so certain? Where is the humility, an occasional “I’m not sure about that” response. It’s all so tidy in their world, as one song writer wrote “everything in its right place.” It seems the atheist is so set in their mindset nothing can convince them…except I have recently read “There is a God” by Anthony Flew…he did change his mind didn’t he? What a great book, if I were an atheist I think I’d like to read what Flew thought. Thanks for the blog, great stuff.d

Comment on On Glenn Beck and Restoring Honor by Dan Newcomb

Dan Newcomb — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 00:34:27 +0000

I agree with your post on Beck. I keep thinking, hoping that his search for Truth will lead him away from LDS just as CS Lewis and GK Chesterton turned from agnosticism to Christ. Also, I agree, I love the USA and pray that our freedoms continue but if history is any indicator, and I think it is of course, nothing last forever, not here anyway. But one day, someone said, “all will be well and all manner of things will be well.” In the mean time, Go Beck! Love the blog.d

Comment on Out of the Mouths of Babes by John

John — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 03:12:03 +0000

Hahaha. Terrific post.

Comment on Out of the Mouths of Babes by Thaddeus Fennig

Thaddeus Fennig — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 18:53:02 +0000

This was hysterical (glad Google Chrome has spell-check). I’m going to use Bailey’s quote when talking about profanity with my students this year.

-blessings
TJF

Comment on My Summer Reading by Jennifer H.

Jennifer H. — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 17:30:42 +0000

Funny, I introduced my husband to Buster Keaton movies this summer, and we also got into Flannery O’Connor and bought that very same book of hers, as well as Mystery and Manners. I find her stories so rich, I can’t read more than one new one at a time; they’re like a piece of rich fudge — so compact and dense, I just read one and savor it for a long while before I can handle another.