tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5071813.post2504286115732596257..comments2024-03-18T03:29:09.653-07:00Comments on Christ the Tao: Did God Evolve? Yahweh vs Robert Wright.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5071813.post-6450960310986714122012-11-21T10:00:44.876-08:002012-11-21T10:00:44.876-08:00By the way, I should clarify.
Oddball was meant a...By the way, I should clarify.<br /><br />Oddball was meant as a compliment in this context. What I meant was that Wright came at the question from a pretty unique angle, which was itself refreshing, even if I disagree with him in large part.Crudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04178390947423928444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5071813.post-7638657652909667302012-11-20T20:29:11.462-08:002012-11-20T20:29:11.462-08:00Oh, yeah. Here was his gracious response to this ...Oh, yeah. Here was his gracious response to this review: <br /><br />"Just got back from a one-week silent meditation treatment (Buddhist, alas, so it won't keep me out of hell), and have only had a chance to scan, not read carefully, your review. But it seems as if you read the book more carefully than Jerry Coyne (it also seemed that you may have seen my reply to Coyne, but just in case: www.evolutionofgod.net/coyne ), and that you sincerely engaged my arguments. If, after settling in and reading your review more carefully I feel like retracting this assessment, you may be hearing from me--but meanwhile, thanks very much for that."David B Marshallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04029133398946303654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5071813.post-89824291644232303082012-11-20T19:33:15.923-08:002012-11-20T19:33:15.923-08:00Wright's interesting, in that he's truly a...Wright's interesting, in that he's truly an oddball in this conversation - which I always like to see.<br /><br />I think my favorite moment with him was seeing him sandbag Dan Dennett into admitting that evolution seems to be purposeful/teleological.Crudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04178390947423928444noreply@blogger.com