Posted on 05/04/2014 12:34:25 PM PDT by Olog-hai
Legendary conservative columnist George Will says he is an atheist. […]
“I’m an amiable, low voltage atheist,” Will explained. “I deeply respect religions and religious people. The great religions reflect something constant and noble in the human character, defensible and admirable yearnings.”
“I am just not persuaded. That’s all,” he added. …
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I went through this about 8 years ago too. In the same boat; I no longer found the arguments for theism persuasive.
Krauthammer is an atheist as well. Maybe God will open their eyes in the future.
I have worshiped on many occasions alongside Krauthammer. It is my humble belief that humble men understate their knowledge of and love of the LORD.
Finally - is it of any use what importance we insects ascribe to the Creator of the Universe?
What “arguments for theism” were you faced with?
Do you think DNA wrote itself? It is a computer program after all; ask computer programmers.
Yes, because without a Creator to whom one is responsible, moral relativism is all that is left. No authority and no accountability leaves arrogance to do it's worst.
>>“I deeply respect religions and religious people. The great religions reflect something constant and noble in the human character, defensible and admirable yearnings.”
Why would you respect someone to turns “something constant and noble in the human character” into a superstitious belief system? If you don’t believe in God, then just tell the religious people that they are wrong and prove it.
I agreed with what Will is saying for 30 years. Then I realized that I was wrong and became convinced that God is real and that there is nothing “constant and noble in the human character” that wasn’t given by the Holy Spirit.
This does not surprise me at all.
“Went through this...” Sounds funny. As if every believer doesn’t doubt at some point. This is the essence of faith, some doubt but have faith, some don’t have faith. You sound like it was a revelation to you. It’s the standard human condition.
Papa Haydn's great genius, the splendid voices, the brilliant instrumentalists . . . and of course the Creation itself . . . all just 'happened' out of nothing at all . . . mmm hmm.
So he “resents” us
Can’t just disagree politely and make his own decision
Instead, George “Free” Will has to hate us
That’s the end of you to me, loser. The remote will be be used more often
He’s a dunce and proud of it
More musical answers: God So Loved the World
Yes, and there was a time when creation’s witness restored my own weakened faith.
Krauthammer, Rove, Will...all atheists. Pretty sad.
All our science, with all its knowledge, doesn't even touch it.
And consciousness is not pretty colors on an MRI image of the brain.
That’s funny.
Will explained. “I deeply respect religions and religious people.”— So,in other words you respect terrorists to? They kill in the name of allah.
Me neither.
I also find a lot of the comments on here about GW “not being a conservative” interesting.
Those with such opinions apparently think you assemble a coalition capable of rescuing the country by rejecting anybody who doesn’t agree with you in every respect.
I’m not a huge fan of Will, but he’s been an effective ally in many areas for several decades.
I have never considered George Will my favorite conservative. If I go a website that features many conservatives, for example the DrudgeReport, and select columnists to read, I will seldom click on George Will.
Yet to many, he is the face of conservatism. If I recall right, he was on ABC and published in Newsweek. I think of George Will as the favorite, and only acceptable, conservative for many liberal news outlets.
So how did George Will get this coveted position of a conservative whom the liberals will print? To be fair, he is often conservative. But he is not hard hitting - that would be offensive in a conservative. Occasionally (when needed?) he turns on conservatives and Republicans. Perhaps that is the price he pays in order to get air time and print space.
With the possible exception of Steven Colbert, George Will is the liberal’s favorite conservative. Colbert is a clear phoney. I think George Will is mostly conservative, yet he only takes his gloves off when attacking people more conservative than himself.
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