{"id":1873,"date":"2007-08-25T16:10:00","date_gmt":"2007-08-25T16:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/monkeymind\/2007\/08\/a-classic-in-the-ongoing-god-debate\/"},"modified":"2011-11-01T15:15:34","modified_gmt":"2011-11-01T19:15:34","slug":"a-classic-in-the-ongoing-god-debate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/monkeymind\/2007\/08\/a-classic-in-the-ongoing-god-debate.html","title":{"rendered":"A Classic in the Ongoing God Debate"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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I was poking about the blogosphere<\/span> today when I ran into a reference at Hadifa<\/span> Sofia\u2019s Never Say Never to Your Traveling Self<\/span><\/a> to a transcript of an old BBC debate on whether God exists between Frederick Copleston<\/span> and Bertrand Russell.<\/p>\n

As an admirer of both I immediately followed Hadifa\u2019s<\/span> link to the debate. Russell\u2019s An Outline of Philosophy <\/span>was a very important book early on for me. And Copleston\u2019s<\/span> History of Philosophy<\/span> as a larger exploration was, if possible, even more important for me as I was first exploring my way in the world. I was a High School dropout and an autodidact<\/span>, and had by good fortune stumbled upon both these worthies at an important point in my life\u2026<\/p>\n

While it goes in directions I don\u2019t in fact find helpful, particularly as they agreed too early on, on a working definition of God that I don\u2019t find particularly compelling; the whole thing conveys a spirit of engaged dialog that seems lacking in much of the current conversation on the subject\u2026<\/p>\n

I hope you like it<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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