Talk:Richard Swinburne

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I believe that writing "While he makes some arguments to advance the belief that God exists, he argues primarily that God is a being whose existence is contingent (see modal logic), and thus that belief (and by unsaid extension, disbelief) is rational and coherent." is a misrepresantation of Swinburne's philosophy. In "The Coherence of God" he argues that the concept of God is not incoherent, which means that the existence of God is not impossible. In "The Existence of God" he argues that the probability of the existence of God exceeds 0.5, which means that the belief in God is rational, whereas disbelief is not. --HS 23:09, 17 October 2005 (UTC)

Why is he Greek Orthodox? Is he of Greek descent himself? "Swinburne" is not a Greek-sounding name at all. If he's a convert, I'd be curious to know what attracted him specifically to Greek Orthodoxy. Rhesusman 17:20, 28 October 2005 (UTC)

He's a convert. There's an interview out there where he says that he converted because the Church of England--in choosing not to discipline deviant theologians--no longer upholds traditional Christian doctrines like the Virgin Birth. He found the truth and rock-steady reliability he was looking for in Orthodoxy and came to believe it is the one Church which Christ founded. Rumour has it that his next book will be about the concept of the infallibility of the Church. CRCulver 17:38, 28 October 2005 (UTC)

I added a quotation to that effect to the article — goethean ॐ 18:00, 28 October 2005 (UTC)

I think this sentence could use clarifying: His long and productive career represents a method that appeals to some, but is problematic to others. I don't understand who his method appeals to (although I can sort of deduct this from the article), but I especially don't see who his method is problematic to. In what ways is it problematic? --Micahsergey 21:25, 12 March 2007 (UTC)