tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3222418233330841391.post2088389119627248923..comments2024-03-27T05:25:04.829-04:00Comments on Hallowed Secularism: Whatever Works—and LovesBruce Ledewitzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10419873523392584062noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3222418233330841391.post-21197268236836471372009-07-19T10:17:40.201-04:002009-07-19T10:17:40.201-04:00But Antonio, you are part of the world. If you cr...But Antonio, you are part of the world. If you create meaning, as you put it, then meaning is in it. And since, again as you would put it, meaning-making beings were created by this universe, in what sense could you call the universe meaningless?Bruce Ledewitzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10419873523392584062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3222418233330841391.post-36399570646082423032009-07-16T10:10:43.539-04:002009-07-16T10:10:43.539-04:00The Canadian Jesuit philosopher Bernard Lonergan d...<i>The Canadian Jesuit philosopher Bernard Lonergan describes in his book Insight types of arguments that refute themselves. Whatever Works is one of those arguments.</i><br /><br />Not really. For sone people "whatever works" may involve climbing Mount Everest, desegregating lunch counters in Selma, going to the moon or making "Annie Hall". The human heart is complicated.Antonio Manettihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00487502995709519940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3222418233330841391.post-16350776698726958312009-07-16T10:03:57.633-04:002009-07-16T10:03:57.633-04:00If life is meaningless, we have no reason to be ki...<i>If life is meaningless, we have no reason to be kind to each other.</i><br /><br />On the contrary, that is precisely why we must be kind to one another. Creating meaning for ourselves in a meaningless world is up to us. If we want kindness, we've got to create it ex-nihilo. It's not given from on high.Antonio Manettihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00487502995709519940noreply@blogger.com