My comments focus primarily on Harvey Cox's criticisms of the Hartford document, since his comments touch on the major areas in which the document has been criticized. One area has to do wim aesthetic concerns in relation to the style and tone of the affirmation. Cox is especially blunt on these matters, using such words as “flaccid,” “dull,” “bland,” “cliched,” and “provincial.” There is little to say in response to such charges. Professor John Wisdom once suggested mat all philosophical theses are either true and trivial or false and illuminating; perhaps some simitar principle operates in meology.