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Bruce Charlton

The Foolish Atheist

February 2, 2019

Bruce Charlton comments on an atheist who didn't follow his folly far enough:

Dawkins is a good example of one who refused to follow his path of excess to the palace of wisdom; because he was not even aiming at wisdom; he refused to persist in his folly, hence he remained a fool rather than becoming wise.

Two examples. The book Unweaving the Rainbow (1998) was an exercise in distraction, a non sequitur in response to the century-plus of observations that If natural selection were indeed regarded the ultimate truth, Then art, poetry, morality, science (including natural selection) and much else are invalidated.

How to Face Overwhelming Odds

January 11, 2019

Bruce Charlton explains:

But Christians are equipped with the infinite power of repentance; which means that no matter how many times we are 'broken', no matter how many times we are defeated and unconditionally surrender to evil - or actively support and promote evil. We can and should simply repent our sin, we will be forgiven, and we start over again: fighting and resisting.