tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16594468.post5074323506657090980..comments2023-10-24T04:29:23.693-06:00Comments on Atheist Ethicist: HopeAlonzo Fyfehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05687777216426347054noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16594468.post-25901148685143638022008-02-24T19:15:00.000-07:002008-02-24T19:15:00.000-07:00Excellent post. Faith-based belief offers a placeb...Excellent post. Faith-based belief offers a placebo effect and nothing more. It anesthetizes us to existential anxiety. And the leaders flaunt it as though this is some virtuous miracle! However one uses the placebo, though, is not the issue. What I don't understand is why people want a placebo in the first place when they know it's a lie, yet they’ll define the lie... often to the death.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16594468.post-26388205850153457782008-02-22T11:42:00.000-07:002008-02-22T11:42:00.000-07:00Samuel SkinnerThe short answer- "Knowledge is powe...Samuel Skinner<BR/>The short answer- "Knowledge is power- the power to change the world, bring comfort, manipulate nature, hold of death a little longer, a protect that we hold dear... can faith do any of these things?"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16594468.post-35731288271562207812008-02-22T09:57:00.000-07:002008-02-22T09:57:00.000-07:00Excellent post. I hope more people read it and und...Excellent post. I hope more people read it and understand that science indeed delivers on its promise of hope. A great article. <BR/><BR/>TK Kenyon<BR/>www.tkkenyon.com <BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.tkkenyon.com" REL="nofollow">TK Kenyon's Website</A><BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.amazon.com/Rabid-Novel-T-K-Kenyon/dp/1601640021/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1203647803&sr=8-1 " REL="nofollow">RABID: A Novel,</A> "a genre-bending story--part thriller, part literary slapdown with dialogue as the weapon of choice"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16594468.post-13789253096540779072008-02-22T01:55:00.000-07:002008-02-22T01:55:00.000-07:00I wonder how hope fits with the obsession with the...I wonder how <I>hope</I> fits with the obsession with the apocalypse that a not insignificant number of Christians seem to have. Oh right, they <I>hope</I> to watch all the heathens burn and squirm from their celestial skybox...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com