There's something strange about 'the Mormon debater'

Post by **_Coggins7** » Sat Apr 19, 2008 9:39 pm

LifeOnaPlate wrote:I believe one reason Tal attacks the Church is because it helps provide his current existentialist positivist view with a semblance of meaning. If you lack a foundation you better make sure you either build on someone else's or rip them all down.

Interesting point...

Post by **_LifeOnaPlate** » Sat Apr 19, 2008 9:56 pm

Coggins7 wrote:
LifeOnaPlate wrote:I believe one reason Tal attacks the Church is because it helps provide his current existentialist positivist view with a semblance of meaning. If you lack a foundation you better make sure you either build on someone else's or rip them all down.

Interesting point...

He posits his analysis as something of a pseudo-psychological study. But man, the more I read him the more I feel like I'm reading some post-World War II study on reason and truth penned in the 50s.

Post by **_Coggins7** » Sat Apr 19, 2008 10:01 pm

I know. As a matter of fact, it reminds me as much as anything of H.G. Wells' stuff from the twenties (if not The Professor from Gilligan's Island).

Post by **_LifeOnaPlate** » Mon Apr 21, 2008 3:17 pm

Logical positivism is the cool.

Post by **_Tal Bachman** » Sat Apr 26, 2008 5:11 pm

Still waiting for Schryver to respond to my last post here.