tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447603865959500290.post4110046975654416073..comments2024-03-28T02:54:46.537-04:00Comments on The TOF Spot: Today is the Feast of St. Thomas AquinasTheOFloinnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14756711106266484327noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447603865959500290.post-8372500750543829552015-02-10T18:20:29.066-05:002015-02-10T18:20:29.066-05:00Several days late, but this thread on Worldbuildin...Several days late, but <a href="http://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/10017/how-would-society-react-if-the-god-of-one-religion-has-been-scientifically-prove" rel="nofollow">this thread</a> on Worldbuilding.SE has some delightful misuses of logic going on. There's another one positing a "perfectly rational, perfectly open-minded" humanity and how <i>that</i> might come to be as well.Ceehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13482821484517709012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447603865959500290.post-45157221627028561782015-02-05T01:49:44.091-05:002015-02-05T01:49:44.091-05:00My favourite Aquinas response meme is Mechaquinas ...My favourite Aquinas response meme is <a href="http://i61.tinypic.com/6ifmds.jpg" rel="nofollow">Mechaquinas is not impressed</a>E.H. Munrohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09038816873823422488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447603865959500290.post-91988486151430985432015-02-05T01:46:40.153-05:002015-02-05T01:46:40.153-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.E.H. Munrohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09038816873823422488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447603865959500290.post-8373604572587321702015-01-30T23:03:04.968-05:002015-01-30T23:03:04.968-05:00That meme is bottom-heavy in the extreme. I'm ...That meme is bottom-heavy in the extreme. I'm surprised it didn't tear in two like an event horizon. Edhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06877019716219367152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447603865959500290.post-9537976258231204502015-01-29T18:44:23.088-05:002015-01-29T18:44:23.088-05:00Ran across yet another bright who sneered at that ...Ran across yet another bright who sneered at that God person without evincing any actual logic or reasoning. So, in honor of St. Thomas, I'll translate the sneer into a syllogism!<br /><br />Major premise: Miracles never happen. <br />Minor premise: The Resurrection and Transubstantiation are miracles. <br />Valid inference: The Resurrection and Transubstantiation never happen. <br /><br />That wasn't so hard! Now, all the dude needs to do is show, somehow, that the major premise is true! Woo hoo! <br /><br />Let me get some popcorn. Joseph Moorehttps://yardsaleofthemind.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.com