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My friend wanted me to at least read from Chapter 10 and on of the book Saint Augustine Confessions.
I began chapter 10 and already I am a little disappointed...much of it is fluff and poetic language, rather than real, meaty philosophical discourse. Also, Saint Augustine writes of the problem of evil (how and why evil exists as well as an all-powerful, good God) and begins by describing how he first heard of this argument and was dumbfounded by it, but 'knew deep down' that it was wrong.
It seems to me that if someone wants to believe anything badly enough, he will find sufficient logic to convince himself....so as I read on, I am a bit skeptical.
Anyone read this book, and if so, could you summarize or comment on it? The autobiographical stuff does not interest me as much as the philosophical stuff.
I began chapter 10 and already I am a little disappointed...much of it is fluff and poetic language, rather than real, meaty philosophical discourse. Also, Saint Augustine writes of the problem of evil (how and why evil exists as well as an all-powerful, good God) and begins by describing how he first heard of this argument and was dumbfounded by it, but 'knew deep down' that it was wrong.
It seems to me that if someone wants to believe anything badly enough, he will find sufficient logic to convince himself....so as I read on, I am a bit skeptical.
Anyone read this book, and if so, could you summarize or comment on it? The autobiographical stuff does not interest me as much as the philosophical stuff.