tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post5328685622389109627..comments2024-03-28T00:17:55.823+00:00Comments on Bruce Charlton's Notions: Once-born or Twice-born?Bruce Charltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-44614882721588895792010-12-29T06:32:43.471+00:002010-12-29T06:32:43.471+00:00When I was an atheist I thought that William James...When I was an atheist I thought that William James was sympathetic towards religion - a religious-leaning agnostic; now that I am a Christian I see that WJ is an atheist who is kindly disposed to religion because he believes it is therapeutic: he regarded religion as a medicine of the psyche. That is the perspective from which he writes, in this book and elsewhere. It is part of his Pragmatism.Bruce Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-32477158206318062692010-12-29T03:47:50.024+00:002010-12-29T03:47:50.024+00:00"In 'The Varieties of Religious Experienc..."In 'The Varieties of Religious Experience' (which has an atheist and materialist perspective) William James"<br /><br />Can you expand on what you mean by this? (James doesn't argue for atheism in TVRE, and I wouldn't call him a materialist ... so I'm curious what you mean by these terms here.)Anthonynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-87894349211406469852010-12-27T16:55:40.722+00:002010-12-27T16:55:40.722+00:00Yes, I think so.
From a human perspective, the T...Yes, I think so. <br /><br />From a human perspective, the Trinity is related to salvation; the Son and the Holy Ghost are necessary for human salvation.<br /><br />This became understandable along-with understanding the need to be saved.Bruce Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-16778589272598998562010-12-27T15:55:17.422+00:002010-12-27T15:55:17.422+00:00Are you implying that the idea of the Trinity make...Are you implying that the idea of the Trinity makes more sense from a twice-born perspective? If so, can you explain what the connection is?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com