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Atheists & Agnostics

Cartoonist

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1. Never heard of it

Reply to DetlefK (Original post)

Fri Feb 26, 2016, 08:22 AM

Feb 2016

Looked it up. Trying to get my head around it. There doesn't seem to have anything to hold on to.

By not defining God in any way, you're not making him unassailable, you're making him nonexistent.

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What's your opinion on apophatic theology? [View all] DetlefK Feb 2016 OP

Never heard of it Cartoonist Feb 2016 #1

Karen Armstrong is a notable exponent of it muriel_volestrangler Feb 2016 #2

Armstrong = the Kim Kardashian of theology onager Feb 2016 #4

Onager, I beg to differ. Nitram Feb 2016 #7

Well, differ away! onager Feb 2016 #9

OK, onager, I get it. Analysis of religious thought makes you very, very angry. Nitram Feb 2016 #10

Actually, it makes me LMAO. onager Feb 2016 #15

You're use of language does not indicate amusement. It suggests deep anger. Nitram Feb 2016 #17

Anyone who says this: muriel_volestrangler Feb 2016 #18

Hi Muriel. Tell me what do you make of onager's language in regard to Armstrong: Nitram Feb 2016 #19

Don't quit your day job. onager Feb 2016 #25

So posting on DU is your day job onager? Figures. nt Nitram Feb 2016 #29

And your use of language indicates projection. cleanhippie Feb 2016 #27

Using words like "puke" to describe a respected author's writing is projection? Nitram Feb 2016 #28

Yes. You should do that. cleanhippie Feb 2016 #30

This is the atheist and agnostic group awoke_in_2003 Feb 2016 #20

There is a difference between belief in God and the study of religious thought. Nitram Feb 2016 #24

to me, Karen Armstrong does not simply analyze religious thought RussBLib Feb 2016 #26

That's just the kind of doublethink that annoys me about Armstrong muriel_volestrangler Feb 2016 #13

Have you ever read E.M. Forster on Plotinus? onager Feb 2016 #16

"...just another guess..." Iggo Feb 2016 #12

Exactly. Iggo Feb 2016 #11

you're making him nonexistent. AlbertCat Feb 2016 #14

It's both sensible and silly whatthehey Feb 2016 #3

grasping at straws? RussBLib Feb 2016 #5

Isn't this already written into the rules of their game?... NeoGreen Feb 2016 #6

Great post! mountain grammy Feb 2016 #8

What is SITC? nt awoke_in_2003 Feb 2016 #21

stay in the closet (nt) NeoGreen Feb 2016 #22

Ah, thank you. nt awoke_in_2003 Feb 2016 #23