Slog - Comments on The Source of the Black Room http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/in_a_piece_of_writing In a piece of writing I posted yesterday, I described an empty and black room. While walking home from work, the idea of this black room began bothering me. I knew it came from somewhere but could not determine its exact location. At around dusk (King Street Station across the street; freight train rumbling under my feet), the location of the room was found. It's in David Hume's Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion, "Part Three." There Cleanthes, who makes an argument for what we today call intelligent design--back then it was called natural religion--presents several fascinating examples to support his position,... Copyright 2008 Fri, 11 Apr 2008 11:45:46 -0800 Sat, 12 Apr 2008 01:30:42 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Grant Cogswell Stop it Charles, you're undermining my atheism. I'm definitely going to stay away from this guy Hume.

]]> Grant Cogswell http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/in_a_piece_of_writing#c996210 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/in_a_piece_of_writing#c996210 Books Fri, 11 Apr 2008 12:06:36 -0800 Comment by mattro2.0 what color are the curtains?

]]> mattro2.0 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/in_a_piece_of_writing#c996235 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/in_a_piece_of_writing#c996235 Books Fri, 11 Apr 2008 12:19:29 -0800 Comment by between the ears Your mind may be mistaking the sound of the wind blowing through the key hole of the black room's door for a voice.

]]> between the ears http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/in_a_piece_of_writing#c996240 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/in_a_piece_of_writing#c996240 Books Fri, 11 Apr 2008 12:23:40 -0800 Comment by Fnarf David Hume, despite this "natural religion" business, is actually one of the key thinkers of the Enlightenment, and opened the way to making atheism possible. He's a big favorite of mine.

But I think Charles is actually looking for Brendan's theater piece a few posts down.

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/in_a_piece_of_writing#c996277 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/in_a_piece_of_writing#c996277 Books Fri, 11 Apr 2008 12:52:58 -0800 Comment by stinkbug I thought it was the voice of Amanda Knox.

]]> stinkbug http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/in_a_piece_of_writing#c996565 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/in_a_piece_of_writing#c996565 Books Fri, 11 Apr 2008 15:35:46 -0800 Comment by abe I took a big dump today. And the turd was pointy! It hurt my butthole.

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