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Chit-Chat » Scott Ryan » 3/01/2016 6:38 am

kielgillard
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I pray he is eternally beholding the Most Beautiful Vision with Aquinas.

Thank you Scott for all you have done and the help you gave me.

Theoretical Philosophy » Can someone unpack this for me please? » 10/09/2015 11:59 pm

kielgillard
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David Braine is quoted saying:
"The continuance of the very stuff of the universe, the fact that it goes on existing, is not self explanatory. It is incoherent to say that the very stuff of the universe continues to exist by its very nature since it has to continue to exist in order for this nature to exist or to be operative. Hence, nature presupposes existence. "

I suspect this to be incoherent because it is begs the question. Can anyone else offer why or paraphrase the quote above?

Thanks!

Chit-Chat » Is this insensitive and possibly irrational? » 8/31/2015 1:08 am

kielgillard
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Thanks for the replies, all.

I think my suggestion that the mother posessing a subconcious awareness of the abnormality of same-sex attraction is insensitive and irrational because it is clearly only one of many other options available to explain her feelings or reaction.

After writing my post above, I strongly suspect her reaction (or other person's reaction, for that matter) is more a side effect of a revelation or a change in expectations and these expectations can be held independently of one's understanding of sexual attraction etc.

Chit-Chat » Is this insensitive and possibly irrational? » 8/30/2015 3:44 am

kielgillard
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i know some parents who support "same-sex marriage". Their daughter has announced she's romantically involved with her first woman. The mother, at least, seems shocked and upset.

To my mind, this reaction is completely understandable but also in contradiction to their support of "same-sex marriage".

The only way I think you can explain the reaction is if the parents, deep down, know same-sex attraction is abnormal.

If that's the case, I don't think you can consistently support "same-sex marriage" arguments presenting those as the same as marriages. If you're upset or shocked, then you're aware they're not equal or the same and cannot believe or rationally uphold ssm.

Thoughts? Be brutal for that's the only way I'll learn.

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