Comments for Anthony David Jacques

Comment on An Open Letter to Religious Conservatives by Anthony David Jacques

Anthony David Jacques — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 00:54:29 +0000

I apologize for not redirecting the discussion back to the original website. The article can be found here: http://anamericanatheist.org/2012/02/19/an-open-letter-to-religious-conservatives/

Please forward any further comments there. (It really would be too much to deal with multiple conversations on the same topic in different places.)

Thanks!

ADJ

Comment on An Open Letter to Religious Conservatives by jonolan

jonolan — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 23:37:58 +0000

You, like so many others, miss the primary problem. The secular government has become involved in a religious sacrament – Marriage. Since they’re first involvement there’s never been a distinction between the religious sacrament and the secular contract.

That’s the problem and it’s why the religious conservatives have a point on their side.

America made a mistake, a grievous one, as it turned out many decades ago and we’re still paying for it to this day. If the government had approached its involvement in marriage as solely the recording and governance of a legal contract between parties, we’d not be in this mess.

Comment on Orthodoxy ad Absurdum : New Essay by Anthony David Jacques

Anthony David Jacques — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 00:22:05 +0000

PS: Feel free to jump into discussion on An American Atheist, if you wish. This isn’t really the place for that.

Comment on Orthodoxy ad Absurdum : New Essay by Anthony David Jacques

Anthony David Jacques — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 00:21:32 +0000

I don’t get the impression you read the entire essay, though I could be wrong. However, I’m not at all concerned with these men causing any harm, though this seems to be the central idea of your critique.

And I certainly find no reason to assume these men are as free or intelligent as me. Committing every moment, every last faculty of your conscious life to an unfounded delusion is certainly not what freedom looks like (See also: North Korea) and as far as intelligence is concerned, I wouldn’t hesitate to take these men on in a battle of wits, rhetorical debate, or trivial pursuit; orthodox Christianity edition.

Comment on Orthodoxy ad Absurdum : New Essay by homophilosophicus

homophilosophicus — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 19:08:44 +0000

Anthony, the wonderful thing is that you are free to disagree. This would mean that these pious men are free to disagree with you. We must assume that these men are as free and as intelligent as you, and yet have freely and intelligently chosen something else for their lives. It causes you no harm. It causes me no harm. It doesn’t even seem to harm them. I don’t see that it harms anyone. So I am glad you disagree, and I am glad they are there.