Well said. And btw about “human condition” at first I thought you might be overreacting to the phrase, from your previous comments here, but I found your email very convincing and I think you have it right. I think “poetic remark” is a terrible excuse—it’s merely a generic denial that they meant what they said. With the implicit claim that: this is unrepresentative, and they were right the rest of the time. The apologist doesn’t argue this claim, or even state it plainly; it’s just the subtext.
How you explain how their work pushes in the direction of denying we’re fully human, via attacking our autonomy (and free will, I’d add) is nice.
One thing I disagree with is the presumption that an LScD reader would know what you mean. You’re so much more advanced than just the content of LScD. You can’t expect someone to fill in the blanks just from that.
Well said. And btw about “human condition” at first I thought you might be overreacting to the phrase, from your previous comments here, but I found your email very convincing and I think you have it right. I think “poetic remark” is a terrible excuse—it’s merely a generic denial that they meant what they said. With the implicit claim that: this is unrepresentative, and they were right the rest of the time. The apologist doesn’t argue this claim, or even state it plainly; it’s just the subtext.
How you explain how their work pushes in the direction of denying we’re fully human, via attacking our autonomy (and free will, I’d add) is nice.
One thing I disagree with is the presumption that an LScD reader would know what you mean. You’re so much more advanced than just the content of LScD. You can’t expect someone to fill in the blanks just from that.