Gloppy

How can darwinism be anything but nihilism? jesus christ offers us hope and this is the only non-nihilistic way to live. all else is dust in the wind.

Us pagans don’t go to church on Sunday and have a lot more free time to vote.

As of Sunday afternoon…

Prohibit it 1284
Encourage it 1077
Discourage it 1005
Support it 87

Gloppy

These would be studies in the fields of psychology and sociology not information theory or biology. What do you think?

Although I have worries similar to many other contributors here about nihilism as a cultural problem, “nihilistic philosophies” have nothing to do with it except as scapegoats. It used to be Nietzsche and existentialists who were scapegoats for nihilism; now Darwin’s been added. But they are scapegoats for a complicated social, economic, and political condition whose real causes lie elsewhere.

This is not to say that ideas don’t matter, but they don’t matter as much as we may think do. A philosophy is, as I like to think of it, “its own time captured in thought.” That’s as true of Aristotle as it is of Nietzsche. In reading Nietzsche, one encounters the problems and challenges of late 19th century European culture as refracted through the prism of a singular consciousness. (And also sometimes through the prism of what is unconscious.)

So while I agree that nihilism is a problem, I don’t think that evaluating “nihilistic philosophies” will reveal anything about its causes. If anything, “nihilistic philosophies” — if there are any — are an effect of nihilism, not a cause.

Then again, I’m basically a critical theorist, a social democrat, a Darwinist of some description, and a Jewish atheist. So please take whatever I say with as many grains of salt as you’d like!

No belly aching here- science isn’t a popularity contest anyway.

My apologies for misunderstanding your comment.

Thanks for the clarification.

Sorry for spelling your name wrong on the last post.
I share your concerns wrt materialist nihlism and I agree that the NOVA program was severely biased against ID. I just believe in being respectful toward others at all times. I consider this the best and most effective approach if we are to develop a respect-based society.

Hi Carl Sachs,

Thankyou for your comments. When I question materialistic nihilism I do so on the basis my study of psychology and sociology both of which are sciences. Maybe what you would like to see is the DI (or some other institute) develop a sister program that studies the effects of nihilistic philosophies on culture. These would be studies in the fields of psychology and sociology not information theory or biology. What do you think?

I just watched a few chapters of the NOVA propaganda piece and it should be clear to anyone who is paying attention that this debate is not about the science (if it was, ID would clearly win!!!) but it is about the materialist religion attempting to subvert the public square.

If we could ‘share’ then ID would be published in scientific journals but the darwinists will do anything they can get away with to prevent that. They know how precarious their position is! I hope the next president will make this a priority and stamp out the evil satanic influences of liberal darwinism. I have children that will be in school soon and I am seriously considering home scholing them to keep them from being indoctrinated with athiest materialism.

“I think we should continue hammering the liberals”

Thankyou for your comments, however I am questioning Darwins theory of science. I am not taking sides wrt politics (liberal vs republican). I am not sure where I stand politically and I certainly don’t want to start “hammering” myself — nor to be “hammered” by others. Why can’t we just respectfully share our science and our philosophical thoughts instead of “hammering?”