Geoff Arnold reminds me why I’ve stopped reading Andrew Sullivan’s blog. Life’s too short to waste on reading tosh like this. Geoff shows up the emptiness of it by quoting wise words from Frederick Crews.
Life’s Too Short
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And that’s exactly the point and what Geoff Arnold is incapable of understanding, either because he’s simplistic or won’t allow for a view that doesn’t match his own. Faith has nothing to do with empiricism and does not claim immunity from scepticism. That’s what Sully argues. Arnold is claiming apples to Sullivan’s oranges but he’s not thinking straight in approaching the argument from a vantage point Sullivan does not claim. Sullivan might have elaborated more on Jessica’s conception of sin, but it wouldn’t have made any difference to Geoff Arnold. The difference is telling: Arnold, like Dawkins, is certain in his dismissal of faith; Sullivan leaves room for doubt in his acceptance of faith. Personally, I’d rather go for the open mind.
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And that’s where we part company. An open mind is one thing, brain falling out, I’d rather not have.
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