1. The Transcendental Argument for God

Comment #88351 by Reverend Dark on November 16, 2007 at 5:55 am

If we assume that our experiences are in the mind of your particular set of fairy tales?

What twaddle. High minded twaddle, but twaddle nonetheless.

In order to prove the un-provable you must assume the inane and allow objective observation to drop to the ground like a newborn giraffe in a splay legged pantomime of defeat.

Oh I can see where you are trying to lead; but without any evidence for your initial assumption then it remains twaddle. If you assume that Bert the Magic Penguin is causing our experience of the physical universe; then you can't objectively prove the existence of any artifact in that universe – but, and this is a J-Lo double-glazed-peach sized but – you have to believe – on no evidence – that there is a giant penguin who is playing with your perceptions as it might play with it's arctic-proof genitalia.

Perhaps you are wish-thinking for a moment of universal realization when you pop your mortal clogs, reach out and touch the face of god – streaming past our physical reality like a golden stream of urine the splatter onto the pristine urinal of a greater understanding. Rude awakening time. You are not Neo. This is not the Matrix. This is not the Simulation theory. You are going through the age old motions of trying to rationalize an imaginary friend. You are fortunate in that you have been preceded by generations of very clever people who have also faced the same problem that you do; they have constructed intricate arguments as to why Mr. Flopsy exists; and have had to further refine them when the spaces for Mr. Flopsy to hide have become smaller and smaller. Now you are trying argue that we are some sick, wet dream, swimming in the reaches of Mr. Flopsy's mind – as there is no way to prove that we are not.

Now, I am being deliberately flippant in my choice of language; as your particular flavour of twaddle tends to mask itself in grandiose prose; as if to somehow hide that at the very root it is still seeking out a hiding place for Mr. Flopsy.

2. Christian sports workers degree ridiculed

Comment #44824 by Reverend Dark on May 25, 2007 at 10:56 am

I should think that the church would be shying away from such things after the number of all ages, all weight classes, wrestling incidents that have been showing up in the papers over the last few years.

How does one equate intentions with the sin as a ref? Does thinking about going offside, or thinking about putting to the boot to your opponent's goolies count as highly as acting on that thought? Is the Triathalon now the father moving in a mysterious way, christ on a bike and a dip in the holy spirit?

Wait... Maybe we can lure Professor Andy Macintosh as a teacher. Thermodynamics loss could be footy's gain.

The Reverend Shayne Dark