The New York Times: Would It Be Better for Mankind to Go Extinct?

[reggieM]

I should have been more specific. I should not have even used the word “most”. I posted it after 5 hardcore games of racquetball so my blood was still trying to figure out where to send the nutrients to. Apparently, my brain was not on that list. I agree with you Reggie. There is not much (if anything) that atheism IS compatible with (not even secular humanism if you think about it) but I think you would agree that an atheist is compatible with objective morality. (Also, Moral relativism should not even exist, by the way. Just throwing that out there.) Unfortunately, they believe that God is irrelevant so that presupposition would impose itself on any view of the atheists. They beg the question without even questioning. The reason I say that (my last post) also is because I can take punches, literally and figuratively. I also have a propensity towards defense. The only thing I could not defend (which frustrated my self-esteem) was WHY I was atheist. But I was attacked many times as one. I like atheists, even stubborn as they are (I was a stubborn little rat). I DISLIKE atheism with a passion because it is a killing poison (10 years)! Anyway, sorry for the confusion. Know that I agree with you. I read a lot of Peter Kreeft, Edith Stein, etc… and I understand what it was that made me so hard-headed. It was my lack of search for Truth. I should stop now. I hope this clarifies what I said.
Thanks,
Gregg

Gregg – thanks for this excellent clarification. I fully agree.

 

[reggieM]

That’s strange to me. In my reading of the Gospels, the apostles didn’t seem to ever understand anything that was going on or get anything right.

That is true in many instances, but in the event that you referenced, Christ praised St. Peter for his response to the question: “Who do you say that I am?”
The story of the transfiguration gives an idea of the purity of their response to a mystical encounter also. They didn’t try to philosophize about it. They were realists.

The story of St. Thomas’ encounter with Christ after the resurrection is a good example. “Unless I put my hands in the wounds” … Then he actually does this.