Category: Conversions
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Sudduth, Simplicity, and the Plotinian One
Dave Lull has once again pointed me to a fascinating post, Michael Sudduth Follows His Monad Back to Vaishnava Vedanta. Excerpt: A major problem with Scholasticism is the innate desire that all men have to participate directly and ontologically in their God. We all want that real connection. Sudduth explains, “I pondered this experience for…
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Why James Anderson is not a Panentheist
The Sudduth conversion prompts Professor Anderson to explain. (via Dave Lull)
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The Sudduth Surge Continues
Before I posted Michael Sudduth's open letter on Saturday, site traffic for the month was averaging between 1600-1900 page views per day; yesterday, however, saw a surge — the Sudduth surge to give it a name — up to 2880, and now, at high noon Tuesday, I'm at 2200. Meanwhile, the industrious Mr. Lull (cybernaut extraordinaire,…
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Belief Change
The indefatigable Dave Lull, argonaut nonpareil of cyberspace, friend and facilitator of many a blogger, pointed me this morning to Triablogue where there is some commentary here and here of a mainly churlish sort on the recent conversion of Michael Sudduth. Comments like those encountered there reinforce me in my view that comboxes are often…
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Michael Sudduth Converts to Vaishnava Vedanta!
The New Year has brought me quite a lot of surprising e-mail, but the following missive wins the surprise prize. (Since Dr. Sudduth has sent his open letter to numerous correspondents, and has posted it on his Facebook page, I feel entitled to post it here in its entirety without his explicit permission.) Comments later, perhaps. A fascinating document.
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The Stove ‘Dilemma’ and the Lewis ‘Trilemma’
This from D. J. Stove, the son of atheist and neo-positivist David Stove: When the possibility of converting to Catholicism became a real one, it was the immensity of the whole package that daunted me, rather than specific teachings. I therefore spent little time agonizing over the Assumption of Mary, justification by works as well…
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Son of Atheist Neo-Positivist David Stove Converts to Catholicism
A very interesting counterexample (or exception?) to "Like father, like son." (Memo to self: Write a post on the difference between exceptions and counterexamples.) Via Feser. I feel moved to comment on parts of R. J. Stove's statement. Maybe later. But at the moment I am more strongly drawn to the pleasures of the mountain…