tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16355954.post1913265107092795965..comments2024-03-28T08:57:53.180+00:00Comments on Darwinian Conservatism by Larry Arnhart: Romney, Santorum, and the Debate Over EvolutionLarry Arnharthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14619785331100785170noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16355954.post-15116464100906629822012-01-06T17:30:14.448+00:002012-01-06T17:30:14.448+00:00Expeedee-
I think you would be hard pressed to ma...Expeedee-<br /><br />I think you would be hard pressed to make the case that "religion" and evolution are contradictory ideas.<br /><br />Many religious people accept evolution. In fact, I believe that the majority of people who accept evolution also believe in one kind of religion or another.<br /><br />Also, to connect this back to Professor Arnhart's work, it may be that both the desire to understand the world through reason (which is how science discovered evolution) and the desire to understand the world through revelation (which usually culminates into religion) are BOTH universal human desires.<br /><br />This isn't to say they're completely compatible all of the time. But a blanket statement such as "religion is incompatible with evolution" is surely overstating the case.Rob Snoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16355954.post-39612398356451379232012-01-06T13:24:05.305+00:002012-01-06T13:24:05.305+00:00Captainchaos,
I cannot understand what you're...Captainchaos,<br /><br />I cannot understand what you're saying.Larry Arnharthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14619785331100785170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16355954.post-51556150189552273872012-01-06T11:43:42.340+00:002012-01-06T11:43:42.340+00:00Mr. Amhart,
If you can cite John Locke as a moral...Mr. Amhart,<br /><br />If you can cite John Locke as a moral authority you are yourself not free of teleological thinking. If morality is not written in the stars - indeed it is not - then it can only be found in our Being (no, liberalism of whatever stripe does not furnish us with an accurate model of Man); as the expression of what we are. <br /><br />This is, I suspect, the lacuna in your vision which prevents you from spotting the true (ethnic) motivations for Pinker's obfuscations. To put it less delicately, Pinker explicitly espouses a universalist morality for implicitly ethnic particularist reasons. <br /><br />Just what do you suppose the "Frankfurt School" was really all about? This is where it gets really interesting, for we depart the waters of the intellectually bien-pensant altogether.Captainchaosnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16355954.post-29237790116948496562012-01-05T23:42:52.716+00:002012-01-05T23:42:52.716+00:00Those who can juggle two contradictory ideas such ...Those who can juggle two contradictory ideas such as evolution and religion at the same time know little about religion or evolution. Romney understands politics better since he is better at juggling. Santorum is simply and honest fool.expeedeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17234891482975754679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16355954.post-18863502528185221002012-01-05T23:18:24.427+00:002012-01-05T23:18:24.427+00:00Jeff-
Both were science deniers interested in sub...Jeff-<br /><br />Both were science deniers interested in subverting scientific findings for upholding their religious "values." That was Professor Arnhart's point, I believe.Rob Snoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16355954.post-32076665831248933292012-01-04T21:09:22.306+00:002012-01-04T21:09:22.306+00:00Expect for monetary policy, I can't see any ar...Expect for monetary policy, I can't see any area of policy where there exists much daylight between William Jennings Bryan and Rick Santorum.Jeff Westcotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03075692162320044881noreply@blogger.com