Greek philosophy's view on 'faith'

"In the teachings of the Bible, in contrast, it is necessary to have faith, utter and uncritical confidence, a conception quite alien to the spirit of Greek philosophy.*"

"* For classical greek philosophy, as for Plato, faith (pistis) is the lowest form of belief, characteristic only of the wholly uneducated, who fail to reflect critically on what they experience or are told. The Jewish-inspired Christian emphasis on faith struck educated pagan observers with astonishment; it represented, in their eyes, the extreme of anti-intellectualism - 'foolishness'."

from page 78

"The Perfectibility of Man"
by John Passmore (1970)

Go Scorpions !!!

After winning the (minor) final in our league of the AFL fantasy competition, the Sydney_Scorpions have had a blinder in the AFL finals dream team fantasy competition scoring 2233 points. This is the Scorpions best week ever (coming 10th overall out of 57,316 people).

Top 10 dream teams:

1. Bundy's on You (SA) 2319
2. Cool as a Cucumber (WA) 2266
3. Coastal Cats (NSW) 2251
4. Pies for Flag (Qld) 2249
5. Watermelons (NSW) 2247
6. Philtan (NSW) 2235
6. Havago (Vic) 2235
8. Mitchhcti (NSW) 2234
8. The Mighty G's (Vic) 2234
10. Sydney_Scorpions (NSW) 2233
10. Wazza's Guns (Vic) 2233

The line up for the Sydney_Scorpions was as follows:

Back
Stevens 124
Fisher 116
Goddard 108
Mattner 70
Hodge 65
Bolton 59
Bock 47

Midfield
Bartel 246 (Captain)
Cross 151
Ablett 129 (Vice Captain)
Swan 110
Corey 105
Harvey 97

Ruck
Fraser 83
Jolly 66

Forward
Giansiracusa 118
Franklin 116
Roughead 109
Petrie 95
Medhurst 81
Johnson 75
Riewoldt 54

With no Cats and no Hawks this weekend, the Scorpions have had to have a major rethink (with 11 new players in all).

Here is the new lineup:

Backs
Fisher
Goddard
Mattner
Bolton
Lake * (new)
Morris (new)
Gilbert (new)

Midfield
Swan (Captain)
Cross (Vice Captain)
Hayes (new)
Cooney (new)
Pendlebury (new)
Kirk (new)

Ruck
Fraser
Jolly

Forwards
Giansiracusa
Johnson
Riewaldt
O'Keefe (new)
Davis (new)
Thomas (new)
Medhurst (new)

*note: Brian Harris legally changed his name before the start of the finals (which is how I missed his 105 points last week)

It is double points this weekend, so hopefully the Scorpions have a good weekend.

Not sure I can repeat that performance again, but we will see how we go.

p.s. Go the Sydney Swans against the Western Bulldogs !!