tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31835720.post4591459572336960743..comments2023-05-20T07:46:10.187-07:00Comments on ex-apologist: Quote(s) for the Dayexapologisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09915579495149582531noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31835720.post-80617216582996212302012-01-17T18:47:32.431-08:002012-01-17T18:47:32.431-08:00Thanks, Soku.
Reuben: That's a painfully sad ...Thanks, Soku.<br /><br />Reuben: That's a painfully sad quote. The passages I quoted, as well as your quote, underscore the point I'm getting at here: Plantinga's model of warranted belief states that a belief enjoys at least some degree of warrant if (and only if) it's produced by properly functioning, truth-aimed cognitive faculties in a congenial epistemic environment. However, it <i>also</i> states that the <i>degree</i> of warrant such a belief enjoys is a function of the degree of <i>firmness</i> or <i>conviction</i> with which it's held. But if so, then if one's faith falls far short of "a firm and certain conviction", then it has little by way of warrant. And the worry is that the latter is the predicament of perhaps most Christians (at least for those who don't base their belief on propositional evidence and argument).exapologisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09915579495149582531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31835720.post-4957131833543562022012-01-17T09:31:57.812-08:002012-01-17T09:31:57.812-08:00Indeed. Recalling the words of Ma Teresa, "Je...Indeed. Recalling the words of Ma Teresa, "Jesus has a very special love for you. As for me, the silence and the emptiness is so great that I look and do not see, listen and do not hear." So much for the firm certainty of the earnest.Reubenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01807367297410846530noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31835720.post-34718789845004722232012-01-17T09:30:50.218-08:002012-01-17T09:30:50.218-08:00Agreed, those are a striking pair of picks. As you...Agreed, those are a striking pair of picks. As you may recall Mother Teresa writing, "Jesus has a very special love for you. As for me, the silence and the emptiness is so great that I look and do not see, listen and do not hear." So much for the firm certainty of the earnest.Reubenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01807367297410846530noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31835720.post-15298685495626531642012-01-15T17:20:28.152-08:002012-01-15T17:20:28.152-08:00Nice quotes, ex.Nice quotes, ex.sokuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16795804426336852550noreply@blogger.com