Comments on: Breaking Dennett’s spell http://www.numenware.com/article/511 Religion. Brain. Dogen. Language. Japan. Mon, 12 May 2008 04:24:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: opinion http://www.numenware.com/article/511#comment-1886 opinion Sun, 23 Sep 2007 15:50:06 +0000 http://www.numenware.com/article/511#comment-1886 I red that book. Sorry to say but it really is too bad. It’s of fantasy written by an ateist. More frankly: it is of atheist probaganda. I red that book. Sorry to say but it really is too bad. It’s of fantasy written by an ateist. More frankly: it is of atheist probaganda.

]]> By: Robert Kohlenberger http://www.numenware.com/article/511#comment-968 Robert Kohlenberger Sun, 25 Mar 2007 20:18:51 +0000 http://www.numenware.com/article/511#comment-968 I couldn’t agree more with Al’s comment, with the possible exception of his “hard sciences” comment. No theory in science is proven beyond doubt, because an alternative theory, however convoluted, can always be devised to explain the same observations. Amazingly, that self-doubt is the very essence of why science is so successful in uncovering nature’s secrets! It’s easy to be a scientist yourself! Just challenge your most charished ideas (such as that transcendental experiences are an objective reason to believe something) and see if you can change your own mind. “Where there is doubt, there is truth” I couldn’t agree more with Al’s comment, with the possible exception of his “hard sciences” comment. No theory in science is proven beyond doubt, because an alternative theory, however convoluted, can always be devised to explain the same observations.

Amazingly, that self-doubt is the very essence of why science is so successful in uncovering nature’s secrets!

It’s easy to be a scientist yourself! Just challenge your most charished ideas (such as that transcendental experiences are an objective reason to believe something) and see if you can change your own mind.

“Where there is doubt, there is truth”

]]> By: Reader http://www.numenware.com/article/511#comment-575 Reader Sat, 25 Nov 2006 15:14:11 +0000 http://www.numenware.com/article/511#comment-575 A good critic. Dennett shakes all consepts an misunderstund them. Thank you A good critic. Dennett shakes all consepts
an misunderstund them.

Thank you

]]> By: Al Rodbell http://www.numenware.com/article/511#comment-390 Al Rodbell Sun, 26 Mar 2006 21:29:37 +0000 http://www.numenware.com/article/511#comment-390 Mr. Numenware (what’s wrong with old fashioned names?) While I can agree with some of your criticisms, your tone of anger is misplaced. Social-historical analyisis can never be proven in the way of hard sciences. We can only posit relational constructs that either have hortatory, explanatory value, or do not. Rather than vehement criticism over the books limits and the author’s hubris, if you are a rationalist rather than a believer you should see his book as a point of departure. I have attempted this on my blog alrodbell.blogspot.com which I recomend to you and your readers His book raises the question of how Religion can at times be virulent, such as we are seeing in current Islam, and how it can also be conducive to great social betterment, as in the Golden Age of Islam of the eighth century (I think.) Consider his book as a flawed first draft of a vital subject that we all should explore Mr. Numenware (what’s wrong with old fashioned names?)

While I can agree with some of your criticisms, your tone of anger is misplaced. Social-historical analyisis can never be proven in the way of hard sciences. We can only posit relational constructs that either have hortatory, explanatory value, or do not.

Rather than vehement criticism over the books limits and the author’s hubris, if you are a rationalist rather than a believer you should see his book as a point of departure. I have attempted this on my blog alrodbell.blogspot.com which I recomend to you and your readers

His book raises the question of how Religion can at times be virulent, such as we are seeing in current Islam, and how it can also be conducive to great social betterment, as in the Golden Age of Islam of the eighth century (I think.) Consider his book as a flawed first draft of a vital subject that we all should explore

]]> By: Jack Richardson http://www.numenware.com/article/511#comment-408 Jack Richardson Sat, 25 Mar 2006 13:54:00 +0000 http://www.numenware.com/article/511#comment-408 Coming to this post From unfolding puzzle It is sad to see The lack of humility Before the mystery Of such a leading writer In philosopy and science. Coming to this post
From unfolding puzzle
It is sad to see
The lack of humility
Before the mystery
Of such a leading writer
In philosopy and science.

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