tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11542449.post7103385527971335079..comments2024-03-04T05:55:35.225-05:00Comments on Vital Remnants: Talkin' 'bout P. Z. Myers' generationMartin Cothranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16452612266051351726noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11542449.post-67754110291778496672009-07-11T15:23:43.791-04:002009-07-11T15:23:43.791-04:00Anonymous,
In what way is 19 century materialism ...Anonymous,<br /><br />In what way is 19 century materialism still standing? It's now a small minority position of a few aggrieved atheists in university science departments and was considered a naive and simplistic view of the world my most intellectuals by the turn of the century (19th/20th).<br /><br />Obviously you don't like theism, but I'd love to hear the argument you think Martin Cothranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16452612266051351726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11542449.post-58085410653002072032009-07-11T14:44:22.406-04:002009-07-11T14:44:22.406-04:00One Brow:
What is the difference, practically spe...One Brow:<br /><br />What is the difference, practically speaking between materialist values and secular values?Martin Cothranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16452612266051351726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11542449.post-62577091759612223802009-07-10T19:00:53.365-04:002009-07-10T19:00:53.365-04:00Considering that the 19th century materialism is a...Considering that the 19th century materialism is all that is still left standing today (Lord Kelvin's theism and 20 million year old earth anyone?) with theistic "theories in a shambles, Myers isn't doing too badly.<br /><br />-TrutiAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11542449.post-75217057079033322982009-07-10T17:22:42.368-04:002009-07-10T17:22:42.368-04:00Actually, I think Myers would be happy with a pers...Actually, I think Myers would be happy with a person of any religous bent wh none-the-less kept their religion out of the office entirely. In fact, he specifically for secular values, not materialistic ones.One Browhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11938816242512563561noreply@blogger.com