This Is Why Anonymous Posting Is Bad
As both readers of this blog know already, I like to read and comment over at the Triablogue a lot. I’ve always enjoyed reading everything there and getting in on some of the interaction.
But now it’s getting painful at times! Just follow the comments at this post.Â
On that blog post (as I write this) there are 29 comments. Of the atheists who have responded, the only one coming close to appearing rational is Daniel Morgan. Ironically, his first comment was the first on the blog post and if the others had followed his lead there could have been a very interesting exchange there. Now, however, I don’t even want to waste the time putting a response there since it’ll be buried by the snow of people who think they’re funny and witty and who are geniuses in their own minds.
All this has driven me to a conclusion:
Steve, I think you need to disallow anonymous posting!
August 15th, 2006 at 2:00 pm
The problem on the Christian side. And there WAS a problem on the Christian side, is people saw ‘men with wings’ and assumed Loftus was joking. With the anonymous atheists, I’m losing count over there. Still, if people want to tell the world what sort of people they are, I say, let ‘em.
You know, when it’s almost three over your end, it’s just gone ten here.
August 15th, 2006 at 3:26 pm
Yeah, I just went over there and looked and now there are 43 comments. It’s sad because I think Daniel Morgan had a good question when he said: “Now, more importantly — is it necessary that you believe that God made men ‘perfectly’ designed?”
I think that’s a valid question and a great topic for discussion. (I would argue that man was perfectly designed for the Garden and for a worshipful relationship with God; but naturally sin corrupted things and we are not now “perfectly” designed since we are tainted by sin and living in a fallen world. The idea of “perfection” requires a purpose for the creation, and the created thing then doing that thing. In other words, the perfect nail would not be able to fly, but it would be able to hold the boards together.)
Instead of being able to discuss this question which actually has merit, it did get snowballed by the flying men thing. What could have been good interaction with an intelligent person (and Daniel is one of the more intelligent debunkers) ended up being chaos.
Anyway, I do think your comment was the best when you said: “In the final analysis I’ll do what a historian always does at this point and say that the hypothetical event did not happen.” The original premise that Loftus used was flawed, speculative, and unrealistic.
Oh well. To be honest, my thought that Steve needs to disallow anonymous posting isn’t just because of this post too.
And now I’m going on my vacation so I’ll ignore the blog world for the rest of the week!!!! :-)