tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14410967.post7520296787957011955..comments2024-03-25T19:00:40.046-06:00Comments on The Constructive Curmudgeon: Groothuis review of "The God Delusion"Douglas Groothuis, Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08766692378954258034noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14410967.post-7310832800520143982008-01-16T15:58:00.000-07:002008-01-16T15:58:00.000-07:00Fletcher,I am, sadly, not your man. I grew up in ...Fletcher,<BR/><BR/>I am, sadly, not your man. I grew up in Tennessee and now attend Denver Seminary.<BR/><BR/>It's nice to know, however, that there are 2 such a great name around these parts.David Strunkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15219283514546114177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14410967.post-23728275502986502722008-01-16T11:20:00.000-07:002008-01-16T11:20:00.000-07:00apologies to all, I'm correcting and removed pendi...apologies to all, I'm correcting and removed pending proper permission. I'm dealing with the local Piedmont Freethought Association on issues in the book. I posted my comments as an unbalanced perspective in contrast to the well written and thorough review by Professor Groothuis, a good cop/bad cop contrast.<BR/><BR/>SterlingAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15081485310209968950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14410967.post-29133194129841996552008-01-15T21:23:00.000-07:002008-01-15T21:23:00.000-07:00David Strunk:Are you the same Dave Strunk from Eve...David Strunk:<BR/><BR/>Are you the same Dave Strunk from Evergreen who grew up friends with Steve Smith, Eliot, myself, etc.?Craig Fletcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04732332673826674158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14410967.post-41257679292901591222008-01-15T20:59:00.000-07:002008-01-15T20:59:00.000-07:00Excellent review.Excellent review.Garyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10181596200087182006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14410967.post-85813880064771141262008-01-15T12:13:00.000-07:002008-01-15T12:13:00.000-07:00Dr. Groothuis,Have you heard of Ben Stein's new mo...Dr. Groothuis,<BR/>Have you heard of Ben Stein's new movie, "Expelled," coming out in May I think? <BR/><BR/>It's a documentary style movie on Ben Stein's interviews with academic elite about ID and I think Dawkins is in it. Stein is pro-ID.David Strunkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15219283514546114177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14410967.post-56745313767103127622008-01-15T10:40:00.000-07:002008-01-15T10:40:00.000-07:00You say Dawkins "asserts that even if an appeal to...You say Dawkins "asserts that even if an appeal to a designer were warranted, this would explain nothing, since the designer (being vastÂly complex) itself would have to be designed, thus triggering an infinite regress in which nothing gets explained."<BR/><BR/>This creates a complex solution where none is required. It is contrary to the rule of simplicity (viz., do not multiply causes beyond what are necessary to provide an adequate explanation). The properties of water, for example, can be explained by the properties of hydrogen and oxygen. One need not explain the atomic properties of the latter to understand the former. Moreover, an explanation is not intended to be comprehensive, only plausible. It is plausible to believe in an uncaused cause of the universe, as Aristotle has shown, and therefore an infinite regress of causes is unnecessary.Paul D. Adamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18213551311029058377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14410967.post-56644324416873831012008-01-15T08:49:00.000-07:002008-01-15T08:49:00.000-07:00Will this review be in any wide-ranging publicatio...Will this review be in any wide-ranging publication, like the Denver Post or another medium with a larger audience?<BR/><BR/>Great review!Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07600780136429792975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14410967.post-19170045208528623292008-01-15T08:31:00.000-07:002008-01-15T08:31:00.000-07:00This was an excellent review, scholarly, very poin...This was an excellent review, scholarly, very pointed, and yet as respectful as the material would allow. I applaud your service to the body of Christ <I>and</I> the academy. Please keep up the good work.lachhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16229979821653040590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14410967.post-8036198409916784132008-01-15T07:08:00.000-07:002008-01-15T07:08:00.000-07:00Even with the errors, it is still an excellent rea...Even with the errors, it is still an excellent read! I have passed the journal version along to a friend who thinks THE GOD DELUSION showed fine thinking.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com