Re: [asa] A favorite quote...

OK, but before you use a catchy rhetorical thrust, stop to consider possible catchy rhetorical ripostes - Fencing 101.

Shalom
George
http://home.roadrunner.com/~scitheologyglm

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  From: Schwarzwald
  To: asa@calvin.edu
  Sent: Thursday, October 08, 2009 5:15 PM
  Subject: Re: [asa] A favorite quote...

  I think a lot of this turns on what's meant by 'feel at home'.

  But more than that, I think the quote is meant more for personal reflection than a point to make in a debate. If I notice someone doing something grievously wrong, and later tell them I hope they reflect on what they've done and listen to their conscience, what I'm asking them to do is honestly reflect - and at that point, without any input from me. But if I go 'You feel bad because you know you did wrong!', of course they can turn around and say, 'No I don't! I feel great!' Note they can do that even if they really do feel bad. Psychoanalysis rarely leads anywhere in a debate.

  On Thu, Oct 8, 2009 at 5:08 PM, George Murphy <GMURPHY10@neo.rr.com> wrote:

    I'm going to eb dead long before the cosmic entropy is a problem (he said as devil's advocate).

    Shalom
    George
    http://home.roadrunner.com/~scitheologyglm

      ----- Original Message -----
      From: Ryan Rasmussen, P.E.
      To: George Murphy ; asa@calvin.edu
      Sent: Thursday, October 08, 2009 4:47 PM
      Subject: RE: [asa] A favorite quote...

      "What's so heart-warming about heat death?"

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      From: George Murphy [mailto:GMURPHY10@neo.rr.com]
      Sent: Thursday, October 08, 2009 4:01 PM
      To: Ryan Rasmussen, P.E.; asa@calvin.edu
      Subject: Re: [asa] A favorite quote...

      OK, but then what do you say if the atheist replies "What makes you think I don't feel at home here?"

      Shalom
      George
      http://home.roadrunner.com/~scitheologyglm

        ----- Original Message -----
        From: Ryan Rasmussen, P.E.
        To: asa@calvin.edu
        Sent: Thursday, October 08, 2009 1:13 PM
        Subject: [asa] A favorite quote...

        One of my favorites…

        "If you are really a product of a materialistic universe, how is it that you don't feel at home there?" - C.S. Lewis

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