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Author Topic:   Ed Braytons Eulogy & Reflections About Purpose
Tangle
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Message 3 of 17 (881052)
08-17-2020 2:34 AM
Reply to: Message 2 by nwr
08-16-2020 10:24 PM


nwr writes:
It's not at all clear what you want to discuss.
In case you didn't notice, Ed Brayton died a few days after that post.
I'm glad you said that, I don't know what he wants to discuss either.

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Message 5 of 17 (881056)
08-17-2020 8:43 AM
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08-17-2020 7:57 AM


Re: R.I.P. Ed Brayton
Phat writes:
In this topic, I want to discuss Ed Braytons worldviews, the worldview of secular humanism in general and how it contrasts with the Christian worldview
Secular humanism is Christianity without all the religious bollox.
Surely you've come across this before?

Je suis Charlie. Je suis Ahmed. Je suis Juif. Je suis Parisien. I am Mancunian. I am Brum. I am London.I am Finland. Soy Barcelona
"Life, don't talk to me about life" - Marvin the Paranoid Android
"Science adjusts it's views based on what's observed.
Faith is the denial of observation so that Belief can be preserved."
- Tim Minchin, in his beat poem, Storm.

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Message 10 of 17 (881109)
08-18-2020 11:41 AM
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08-18-2020 11:15 AM


Re: R.I.P. Ed Brayton
Phat writes:
Who is Sorenson? You may start with why you adapted his worldview as most closely mirroring your own...after you tell me who he is/was?
Other than he's a philosopher I've no idea who he is, he's just someone who wrote what I quoted and it seemed as good as anything I've seen on the subject of creation. It's not a world view.
Several points in regards to Secular Humanism that differentiate it from Christianity.
All of which is just a long-winded way of saying Christianity without the distraction and waste of theology.
(Atheists have values, who knew?)

Je suis Charlie. Je suis Ahmed. Je suis Juif. Je suis Parisien. I am Mancunian. I am Brum. I am London.I am Finland. Soy Barcelona
"Life, don't talk to me about life" - Marvin the Paranoid Android
"Science adjusts it's views based on what's observed.
Faith is the denial of observation so that Belief can be preserved."
- Tim Minchin, in his beat poem, Storm.

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Message 15 of 17 (881126)
08-18-2020 1:51 PM
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08-18-2020 1:26 PM


Re: R.I.P. Ed Brayton
Phat writes:
Your atheism is nothing special in and of itself.
I'm trying not to get my hopes up, but maybe you're beginning to get it. Atheism is an absence - it's not a thing.
The question that I would ask, however, is whether you consider yourself a secular humanist.
Probably, by default. I'm not much of a joiner of things.

Je suis Charlie. Je suis Ahmed. Je suis Juif. Je suis Parisien. I am Mancunian. I am Brum. I am London.I am Finland. Soy Barcelona
"Life, don't talk to me about life" - Marvin the Paranoid Android
"Science adjusts it's views based on what's observed.
Faith is the denial of observation so that Belief can be preserved."
- Tim Minchin, in his beat poem, Storm.

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