tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5419523342218712818.post7999524578988598010..comments2024-03-15T02:04:18.672-05:00Comments on My Pants: If I Admit…A Search For Meaningful Groundbullethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12649812197402491992noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5419523342218712818.post-72895374804092513752008-10-06T13:13:00.000-05:002008-10-06T13:13:00.000-05:00Thanks, Chap'. Always great to hear from you and ...Thanks, Chap'. Always great to hear from you and read your stuff. <BR/><BR/>Yeah, I don't think I'm as much looking for common ground as I am trying to show how many talking points self-negate, in hopes of getting beyond the talking points and to the roots of a few issues.Pocketshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15848521756656735185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5419523342218712818.post-1473456039055700782008-10-05T08:52:00.000-05:002008-10-05T08:52:00.000-05:00Good, thought-provoking post. I'd concede some of ...Good, thought-provoking post. I'd concede some of the points mentioned simply because they're true, or pretty close to it. For example, politicians in both major parties probably don't care a whole lot about the poor. I'll concede that one easily. <BR/><BR/>On the other hand, ordinary people in both parties cover the whole range: some don't care about the poor at all and others do care quite a lot. Those who do care have substantially different philosophies about how that care should be expressed. <BR/><BR/>As far as evolution being a subset of creation, I concede that quite often, primarily for the sake of argument and secondarily because it could be true. My personal thinking is that evolution is inconsistent with the biblical account of creation and the traditional Christian teachings about Original Sin, the nature of the Christian deity, etc. But, regarding the question of whether there is a creative entity, more akin to the deistic conception, in my view the jury is still out on that one. I think it's unlikely, so I am an atheist rather than an agnostic or deist, but I recognize that I could be wrong about that.<BR/><BR/>Long and short of it is, I'd concede some of these points but not all. Still, I like your approach to trying to find common ground. We probably don't do nearly enough of this. The extreme polarization that now dominates the USA's politics is very unhealthy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5419523342218712818.post-10465554418378548822008-10-02T07:09:00.000-05:002008-10-02T07:09:00.000-05:00Indeed. I am a modest man, I can live with simply ...Indeed. I am a modest man, I can live with simply being the master. I mean, Master. Capital 'M'...I am still working on my modesty.DBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01267112937396907790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5419523342218712818.post-41253952799345574982008-10-02T07:07:00.000-05:002008-10-02T07:07:00.000-05:00Bullet - LOL!DB - Thanks DB. Now as for your prop...Bullet - LOL!<BR/><BR/>DB - Thanks DB. Now as for your proposal, I'll admit you are the master of cool posts if you admit that I am the ubermeister of cool posts.Pocketshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15848521756656735185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5419523342218712818.post-82911064770453634062008-10-01T08:36:00.000-05:002008-10-01T08:36:00.000-05:00Hey, looks like you are setting the terms here. Ho...Hey, looks like you are setting the terms here. How about if I admit this was a cool post, would you admit I am the master of cool posts? Ya, I doubt it too lol. I liked it though.DBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01267112937396907790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5419523342218712818.post-83871269081367943182008-09-30T16:21:00.000-05:002008-09-30T16:21:00.000-05:00Um... No.Um... No.bullethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12649812197402491992noreply@blogger.com