tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post7482020448494368428..comments2024-02-29T03:34:23.190-05:00Comments on Who Were the Sea Peoples?: Liberal, Pro-Choice Amy Sullivan Explains Mourdockgcallahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10065877215969589482noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-87804020770801815452012-10-26T22:24:34.107-04:002012-10-26T22:24:34.107-04:00I think she means that she believes the theology a...I think she means that she believes the theology as a whole is wrong, but if someone holds it they should reject the exception for rape and incest, if they believe life begins at conception. <br /><br />If she thought noble lies were something that should continue to hold sway she'd be a little quieter about them.Gabe Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06958214257606957422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-57719464188655785482012-10-26T15:17:04.304-04:002012-10-26T15:17:04.304-04:00"If you think the square root of 17 is surely..."If you think the square root of 17 is surely less than 4..."<br /><br />Psst... -4.12 is a square root of 17.PHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12011728672116977010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-77627615170653510432012-10-26T13:05:43.687-04:002012-10-26T13:05:43.687-04:00"But then again, pretty much everything we be..."But then again, pretty much everything we believe is useful fiction."<br /><br />Well, if it is a useful fiction to you to think that is true, who am I to interfere?gcallahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10065877215969589482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-56887241692306577542012-10-26T12:48:40.160-04:002012-10-26T12:48:40.160-04:00It is a bit odd but maybe she means she doesn'...It is a bit odd but maybe she means she doesn't see a moral bar to holding it. Especially if you see it as largely an unfalsifiable trigger to responses rather than a logical proposition to be debated. Like "I'm not saying there's anything wrong with the kind of judgement this engenders." Like "Ken is quick to laugh at ... and I'm not saying he shouldn't be."Ken Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12976919713907046171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-74004995434121649302012-10-26T12:38:00.935-04:002012-10-26T12:38:00.935-04:00"Noble lie" has an elitist tinge to it.
..."Noble lie" has an elitist tinge to it.<br /><br />"Useful fiction" may be better. But then again, pretty much everything we believe is useful fiction. I think in this case the utility is strained, but I guess Sullivan might think it's still there.Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17192667997950934790noreply@blogger.com