tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15453937.post2740451148175023017..comments2024-01-10T17:36:15.040-07:00Comments on The Lippard Blog: Josh McDowell's conversion to ChristianityLippardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16826768452963498005noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15453937.post-62685585654691254872007-10-16T11:56:00.000-07:002007-10-16T11:56:00.000-07:00olvlzl,Yet again you infuse meaning into comments ...olvlzl,<BR/><BR/>Yet again you infuse meaning into comments far beyond what is called for.<BR/><BR/>I certainly didn't say that I'd rather you didn't post here. Please pay close attention and do not add or subtract <I>anything</I> from/to what I have written or will write. You'll save us all a lot of aggravation, believe me.<BR/><BR/>To reiterate and simplify what I said before: If you are interested in being understood better, then being less vague and more targeted in your comment location is warranted.<BR/><BR/>I think it's fair for readers to assume that comments made on this blog refer to posts made on this blog. Don't you?Einzigehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06406227217230727209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15453937.post-28321618758544285232007-10-16T11:47:00.000-07:002007-10-16T11:47:00.000-07:00Einzige, I don't like to spread myself too thin. ...Einzige, I don't like to spread myself too thin. If the owners of this blog would rather I didn't post here they are free to tell me and I will discontinue without further comment, here or elsewhere.olvlzlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15329638018157415801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15453937.post-89490371696662168302007-10-16T09:39:00.000-07:002007-10-16T09:39:00.000-07:00Since you're responding to something that is writt...Since you're responding to something that is written by someone else and posted on their own blog, perhaps--and note this is simply my humble opinion--if you're interested in having your comments and use of personal pronouns better understood, then it would make far more sense to post those comments at the source author's blog, or else utilize proper nouns in your writing--especially since there's no guarantee that Chris Hallquist will even read your comment here.<BR/><BR/>The phrase of Jim's that you quoted is not an "assessment" in any sense I am familiar with, though it may be an "accessment". I don't know.Einzigehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06406227217230727209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15453937.post-43541920776040789412007-10-16T09:23:00.000-07:002007-10-16T09:23:00.000-07:00Einzige, you do realize that in English "you" is b...Einzige, you do realize that in English "you" is both singular and plural. Alas, the old Quakers were about the last to use the second person singular form. I'd refer you to the post linked to, especially the end which begins...<BR/><BR/><I>So maybe McDowell did something stupid and didn't tell anyone about it for a long time. I'm not really convinced--though college students are often naive, and McDowell doesn't come across as the sort of guy who has such an amazing intellect...</I><BR/><BR/>Jim Lippard says that it found "some reasons to doubt its accuracy, as well as the quality of McDowell's research". <BR/><BR/><BR/>Doubts are obvious here, though I don't think you are going to clear them up. I also doubt that it will be worth the effort if disrupting his career is your goal. But you can spend your time any old way you want to.olvlzlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15329638018157415801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15453937.post-55905632536571116712007-10-16T08:21:00.000-07:002007-10-16T08:21:00.000-07:00"All of which might confirm you in your accessment...<I>"All of which might confirm you in your accessment of what he's saying about himself..."</I><BR/><BR/>olvlzl, would you mind quoting that part of Jim's post that you consider to be an "assessment" of something?Einzigehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06406227217230727209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15453937.post-58135546513065032062007-10-16T08:08:00.000-07:002007-10-16T08:08:00.000-07:00Judging his accuracy about some of this is possibl...Judging his accuracy about some of this is possible, though the results seem to be rather open to doubt themselves. He might be lying, embroidering, fudging (as almost everyone does every time), or the victim of some kind of self-deception. All of which might confirm you in your accessment of what he's saying about himself, though it's just about certainly not going to interrupt his success in doing whatever it is he's doing.<BR/><BR/>The big question should be, since he is claiming a conversion to Christianity, which holds that Jesus' teachings have the power of divine commandments, is he living as Jesus said one of his followers had to. Is he forgiving his enemies and praying for them seventy times seven times, is he judging other people, how is he treating the least among us. There are actual standards of conduct that are required and those can be looked at much less ambiguously than the memories lost to time.<BR/><BR/>I'm not entirely in agreement with Bertrand Russell's statement about memories and that emotional content would tend to make them more unreliable. I suspect he got that from the contemporary psychology of his time, which was mostly unscientific garbage. If a desired result was enough to impeach the reliability of something than just about every single scholarly and scientific publication would fall into the same doubt. Is there anything more wished for than a publishable result or finding? <BR/>I'm not happy to have to say it but I think the rise of psychology has had a remarkably negative effect on people trusting reality with very little evidence to back up its claims. <BR/><BR/>I found this pamphlet interesting. <BR/>http://www.pendlehill.org/resources/files/free%20downloads%20pages/php046.phpolvlzlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15329638018157415801noreply@blogger.com