Logos has been adding many philosophical works. I think this is one of the most pertinent that Logos could add. Please offer it asap. Thank you.
If you could put it on CP, that would be great. [Y] Otherwise, maybe it could be a Vyrso book.
While I'm at it, I would like it if Logos could put together an "Atheist/Agnostic Collection" of about half-a-dozen to a dozen of the most influential and pertinent books from authors of that perversion persuasion.
I agree with both posts.
I'm not sure Logos carries sufficient insurance for lightning strikes and the like (earthquakes being more end-of-the-world oriented).
Certainly Amazon can afford the insurance, but hasn't taken a chance on a Kindle WIANAC (have to be careful while I'm typing on my PC).
It just stands to reason, the book may be just too digitally dangerous.
Then there's the problem of Russell getting himself fired at NYCC for this tome .... ring a bell? 'Fire someone today?'
My desire for this stuff is similar to the reasoning for wanting Bart's stuff in Logos. If I am going to address the statements made by like-minded authors of their ilk, I would much rather be able to cut and paste into my word processor than have to type their comments and stuff all out by hand. I'm not sure I feel right about calling it "engaging in apologetics" when I'm deliberately intending to eviscerate and disembowel their arguments, but I strongly feel that having the benefit of Logos's in-house copy-and-paste with auto footnoting is much more valuable than accommodating the senseless fear of having the enemy in the camp. Remember the adage: "hold friends close...enemies closer". How else is one to properly draw the blade across their bloated bellies?
I'm not sure I feel right about calling it "engaging in apologetics" when I'm deliberately intending to eviscerate and disembowel their arguments, ...
It's still apologetics. Apologetics has nothing to do with apologizing, as we usually mean that term.
Yeah, I know...still an odd turn of phrase in this day and age.
I've decided I'm going to suggest a few topical titles in this thread. To start:
I would like to see these, particularly the first two, in Logos. Another possibility for some of the others is Vyrso--I guess that would depend on how much Scripture is quoted in them.
If Logos were to add some of these or similar works, it would be good (je pense) if they also offered a collection of anti-atheist/new atheism books as well, such as Edward Feser's The Last Superstition.
David, I'm not sure how such a collection might fare in pre-pub. Especially since the correct doctrine leading to eternal life (my denomination of course) can barely get a sliver of progress, while all other doctrines well represented in Logos, are greased like white-lightning for the gates of Hades.
But I wouldn't confuse Bert and Bart. Even Wikipedia (the expert on all things almost) views Bert as a 'has been'. There's old logic (dead) and new logic (stylishly ambivalent).
Bart, however, is a little confusing. He has serious work out on apostolic fathers, manuscripts, post-NT, etc. All very well documented and great for Logos. And work well quoted, as well.
But Bart is competing with Tov and Aland (and a host of other well known writers who Logos also doesn't carry). Text criticism is stuck in 1910-ish in Logos (that'd be the latest date of their present offering). Was it memories of the Titanic? Or the loss of the horse and buggy?
So if Logos can't handle 'the text', I don't think they can handle the not-text.
Well, without getting into the argument, I am 100% certain there is a winnable argument that can be made for the existence of YHWH...but the winnable argument isn't the one most apologists try to advance. There are certain elements of the winnable argument that have been touched on, but the key components have not been broached. The reason is because most Christians won't be comfortable with the argument(s). On a fundamental level, YHWH's definitions and Christian definitions don't align.
http://www.amazon.com/Think-Why-Should-Question-Everything/dp/1616148071/
Written by the same guy who wrote the "50 Things..." books above. Just add it to that collection (not that thinking is something only atheists do).
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