Debating God: Notes on an Unanswered Question
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This is a concluding reflection on my series of 12 interviews with philosophers on religion. I’m grateful to all of them for the intelligence, clarity and honesty with which they responded to my questions, and to the readers, who posted hundred of comments on each interview. It seemed natural to keep to the interview format, even though I (G.G.) had no one to interview except myself (g.g.). Taking some of the recurring views and concerns expressed by the readers into account (there were too many to cite individually), I’ve tried to submit myself to what I hope was the polite but challenging voice questioning my interviewees.
MY COMMENTS****************************************************************
I thought that this "interview" was interesting. An author decided to take all of his interviews with different people and combine them into a one on one interview with himself. I had never heard of such a thing but seeing how he uses their opinions in his questions it somehow makes sense. I would rather hear from the real people themselves but if the author holds true to what he is doing, then a mass "single" interview it is. Surely it goes into our Sociology discipline.
...over 73 percent of the people interviewed has some sort of small acceptance of atheism but I guess in the religious world you get to meet all types...
One might be shocked that over 73 percent of the people interviewed has some sort of small acceptance of atheism but I guess in the religious world you get to meet all types. Not that they believe it but they are more accepting of the fact that there are people who do. Are all people in the belief of God logical? Of course not. People are prone to, as I have said before, following something that they are raised to believe, of trained to follow in someway. There really cannot be a true logic to religion anyway. It I more of a group belief. Certain people and certain don't.
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