This is why you don't comment on old threads. He has the "notify me" flag set. It doesn't matter what you say, he's just going to keep repeating himself. He doesn't know what empiricism or materialism or naturalism of epistemology really mean, but he has no problem telling some of the greatest minds in the world that they are the ones who are wrong. You can sound like you are doing science if can collect enough similar facts in your head then connect them. One requires only a slightly more amount of actual knowledge than James has to explain why he's wrong.
Hi, Lausten. As far as I am aware, I do not have "the 'notify me' flag set." Regarding vital sapient knowledge, including its methodological basis:
One does not simply acquire veridical and systematic knowledge on such subjects as religion, politics, and economics via some process of ætherical osmosis, wherein by merely existing as a human being one absorbs logically and empirically rigorous insight into such subjects. Rather, such erudition can only be obtained by deep readings into those fields--more critically and to the point: readings of those who themselves know whereof they speak, since there is much prattle which flies under the banner of knowledge, including fallacious ideologies which are quite destructive vis-à-vis society. In addition, mere readings do not themselves suffice, even of those writers who are genuinely penetrating. Understanding of what is read is also critical.
Very few people, in relative terms, ever embark upon this course; less still get very far in this journey toward truth. It's a hard road to travel, so few people bother.
A popular saying runs thus: Ignorance is bliss. In actual fact, ignorance is *not* bliss, because what one does not know will quite often hurt one and one's loved-ones, and very badly at that. As God imparted to Hosea, "My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge." (Hosea 4:6, New King James Version.)
This world is certainly not suffering from an overabundance of truth, but rather quite the opposite: the commonality have been inculcated from birth into massively-destructive lies by those who rule over them. It's the widespread ignorance of the public which enables the government-created horrors which we have seen and will see far more of.
However, though ignorance be not bliss, ignorance is easy: being ignorant requires no effort.
To quote Prof. Murray N. Rothbard on this matter (from p. 4 of "Anarcho-Communism", The Libertarian Forum, Vol. 2, No. 1 [Jan. 1, 1970], pp. 1 and 4, http://webcitation.org/6K8WaX5VF ):
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It is no crime to be ignorant of economics, which is, after all, a specialized discipline and one that most people consider to be a "dismal science." But it is totally irresponsible to have a loud and vociferous *opinion* on economic subjects while remaining in this state of ignorance.
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More than just pertaining to economics, the underlying thrust of Prof. Rothbard's above reproval applies equally to other fields of vital human knowledge, including religion and politics.
If one wishes to actually obtain veridical understanding into the most crucial fields of sapient knowledge, then I have made it as easy as possible for one to do so via my own writings. My below articles explain to people (1) theological ethics and soteriology in a comprehensive and logically-coherent manner; (2) how the known laws of physics prove God's existence while demonstrating the exacting and extensive consilience of the New Testament with said physical laws; (3) the nature of God in light of said physical laws; (4) the End Time, the Tribulation, the Second Coming of Jesus Christ, the foundation of Heaven on Earth, and the universal resurrection of the dead in light of said physical laws; and (5) the End Time in light of the history of the globalist oligarchy's self-termed New World Order world government and world religion agenda.
Item No. 1 is important vis-à-vis salvation for those who maintain that they already believe in Jesus Christ's Godhead. Items Nos. 2-5 are important in letting atheists, believers in other religions, and nominal ersatz "Christians" know that God as described by the New Testament does exist and that the New Testament is true. Items Nos. 2-5 are additionally important in giving believers in Christ a much deeper understanding of God and of the End Time, so that they may be strengthened in their faith during the extreme horrors to come and so that they will not fall for the deceptions of the Beast governmental system.
My following articles distill all of the most important aspects of veridical human knowledge into a comprehensive, coherent and unified whole: from theology, physics, science, ethics, legal theory, political theory, economics, sociology, epistemology to history.
* James Redford, "The Physics of God and the Quantum Gravity Theory of Everything", Social Science Research Network (SSRN), Sept. 10, 2012 (orig. pub. Dec. 19, 2011), 186 pp., doi:10.2139/ssrn.1974708, https://archive.org/download/ThePhysicsOfGodAndTheQuantumGravityTheoryOfEverything/Redford-Physics-of-God.pdf .
* James Redford, "Video of Profs. Frank Tipler and Lawrence Krauss's Debate at Caltech: Can Physics Prove God and Christianity?", alt.sci.astro, Message-ID: jghev8tcbv02b6vn3uiq8jmelp7jijluqk[at sign]4ax[period]com , July 30, 2013, https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/alt.sci.astro/KQWt4KcpMVo .
* James Redford, "Jesus Is an Anarchist", Social Science Research Network (SSRN), Dec. 4, 2011 (orig. pub. Dec. 19, 2001), 60 pp., doi:10.2139/ssrn.1337761, https://archive.org/download/JesusIsAnAnarchist/Redford-Jesus-Is-an-Anarchist.pdf .
* James Redford, "Libertarian Anarchism Is Apodictically Correct", Social Science Research Network (SSRN), Dec. 15, 2011, 9 pp., doi:10.2139/ssrn.1972733, https://archive.org/download/LibertarianAnarchismIsApodicticallyCorrect/Redford-Apodictic-Libertarianism.pdf .