tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5449677811690616608.post4137617350849650078..comments2023-12-15T21:49:46.651+01:00Comments on Pluralist Speaks: Yeah I'll Do ItPluralist (Adrian Worsfold)http://www.blogger.com/profile/01922153724523820866noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5449677811690616608.post-80919518445875899242009-09-14T01:47:09.012+02:002009-09-14T01:47:09.012+02:00Thats concisely put Adrian . Whilst the quick flow...Thats concisely put Adrian . Whilst the quick flow of Cupitts philosophy over the last 20 years or so has often lost my attention . I have always been , and remain , an admirer . Especially now that his latest thinking has connected around to his earlier work .<br /><br />You should go for it ...<br /><br /><br />Regards ...<br /><br />.Hughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03449188541044487588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5449677811690616608.post-90878868622486063152009-09-13T20:50:39.713+02:002009-09-13T20:50:39.713+02:00Afraid I find your reply on several levels evasive...Afraid I find your reply on several levels evasive.johnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5449677811690616608.post-20660759284436691332009-09-13T20:34:22.211+02:002009-09-13T20:34:22.211+02:00The question here is whether what Keith Ward says ...The question here is whether what Keith Ward says about science actually says anything in relation to the Christian God, and whether it is a support. I don't think so. At best it might say something about basic rules in the evolved universe that you can equate with God if you want. Why should Don Cupitt relate that to something he might call 'the religious life'. The religious life is something dynamic and compelling, which here uses the language of 'thin' and elsewhere 'high and dry' and also the notion of expression in everyday speech. This is not about cosmic speculation.Pluralist (Adrian Worsfold)https://www.blogger.com/profile/01922153724523820866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5449677811690616608.post-24060921751620596682009-09-13T18:27:01.611+02:002009-09-13T18:27:01.611+02:00I've read some Cupitt and talked a fair amount...I've read some Cupitt and talked a fair amount to a friend who is (perhaps, was) a fan. I don't understand at all why he is regarded by you or anyone else as a profound thinker. He says he's given up on the metaphysics, but when I read him, he seems committed to a sort of materialism which takes no account at all of various sorts of physics (let alone metaphysics). As far as I can see, he doesn't begin to engage (a) with Keith Ward type stuff about consciousness and physics; (b) that combination of the Big Bang and arguments derived from philosophy - both Classical and modern - about first causes which gives some sort of theoretical underpinning to belief in God. I do not say such arguments are compelling: but I do object if (correct me if I'm wrong) he just doesn't consider them.johnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5449677811690616608.post-14490385416773007632009-09-12T21:33:40.490+02:002009-09-12T21:33:40.490+02:00Thanks so much for posting this up. The interview ...Thanks so much for posting this up. The interview took me back 25 years to his TV series, which was a big influence on me deciding to read theology at university. Now I pass a memorial to Kierkegaard every day on my way into work in Copenhagen!Fr Marknoreply@blogger.com