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God as a non-empirical being
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RE: God as a non-empirical being
Typically, when people speak about God, they speak about a being who acts within the Universe. That is an empirical entity because its relation to the empirical world results in effects that we can define and measure by the empirical method. The difficulty is in distinguishing unknown causes with miraculous ones. There seems to be no way in principle to know if a miracle has occurred, which is why all justification for belief in miracles must be fallacious. It amounts to an appeal to ignorance. Now, there are objects in existence that we may not be able to subject to verification, such as the application of certain mathematical propositions, or the existence of intelligent extraterrestrials, or the experiences of an individual's particular thoughts or sensations, but we are also under no obligation to agree that they exist in whatever sense the claimant means without sufficient logical and empirical demonstration, both of which are required to establish high degrees of certainty. God as an abstract entity that sort of ties up the loose ends of our cognitive deficiencies may be necessary in thought, but this is not the same as being necessary in nature, either as in the one that is external to us and through which our brain perceives objects or as in one external to the external world, i.e. the universe. So, if we should not expect any empirical evidence for God's existence, we also cannot judge the soundness of related propositions, and logical validity itself proves nothing.
He who loves God cannot endeavour that God should love him in return - Baruch Spinoza
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God as a non-empirical being - by noctalla - April 17, 2015 at 6:38 pm
RE: God as a non-empirical being - by The Grand Nudger - April 17, 2015 at 6:40 pm
RE: God as a non-empirical being - by Faith No More - April 17, 2015 at 6:50 pm
RE: God as a non-empirical being - by Jenny A - April 18, 2015 at 10:10 am
RE: God as a non-empirical being - by Mudhammam - April 17, 2015 at 6:54 pm
RE: God as a non-empirical being - by noctalla - April 17, 2015 at 7:14 pm
RE: God as a non-empirical being - by abaris - April 17, 2015 at 7:16 pm
RE: God as a non-empirical being - by noctalla - April 17, 2015 at 7:27 pm
RE: God as a non-empirical being - by abaris - April 17, 2015 at 7:30 pm
RE: God as a non-empirical being - by Mudhammam - April 17, 2015 at 8:03 pm
RE: God as a non-empirical being - by Iroscato - April 17, 2015 at 6:56 pm
RE: God as a non-empirical being - by Esquilax - April 17, 2015 at 7:00 pm
RE: God as a non-empirical being - by abaris - April 17, 2015 at 7:03 pm
RE: God as a non-empirical being - by Hatshepsut - April 17, 2015 at 7:26 pm
RE: God as a non-empirical being - by bennyboy - April 17, 2015 at 11:41 pm
RE: God as a non-empirical being - by Pizza - April 18, 2015 at 1:58 am
RE: God as a non-empirical being - by robvalue - April 18, 2015 at 2:19 am
RE: God as a non-empirical being - by Hatshepsut - April 18, 2015 at 12:46 pm
RE: God as a non-empirical being - by Pizza - April 18, 2015 at 2:31 am
RE: God as a non-empirical being - by Minimalist - April 18, 2015 at 2:34 am
RE: God as a non-empirical being - by robvalue - April 18, 2015 at 2:38 am
RE: God as a non-empirical being - by Pizza - April 18, 2015 at 2:43 am
RE: God as a non-empirical being - by Mudhammam - April 18, 2015 at 3:21 am
RE: God as a non-empirical being - by Thumpalumpacus - April 18, 2015 at 2:48 am
RE: God as a non-empirical being - by Pizza - April 18, 2015 at 4:46 am
RE: God as a non-empirical being - by robvalue - April 18, 2015 at 4:47 am
RE: God as a non-empirical being - by Pizza - April 18, 2015 at 4:49 am
RE: God as a non-empirical being - by FreeTony - April 18, 2015 at 5:01 am
RE: God as a non-empirical being - by The Grand Nudger - April 18, 2015 at 6:52 am
RE: God as a non-empirical being - by robvalue - April 18, 2015 at 9:18 am
RE: God as a non-empirical being - by bennyboy - April 18, 2015 at 9:38 am
RE: God as a non-empirical being - by Neo-Scholastic - April 18, 2015 at 1:17 pm
RE: God as a non-empirical being - by robvalue - April 18, 2015 at 2:48 pm
RE: God as a non-empirical being - by Hatshepsut - April 18, 2015 at 4:05 pm
RE: God as a non-empirical being - by robvalue - April 18, 2015 at 4:09 pm
RE: God as a non-empirical being - by Neo-Scholastic - April 19, 2015 at 1:31 am
RE: God as a non-empirical being - by Mudhammam - April 19, 2015 at 2:16 am
RE: God as a non-empirical being - by robvalue - April 19, 2015 at 1:36 am
RE: God as a non-empirical being - by Longhorn - April 19, 2015 at 4:42 am
RE: God as a non-empirical being - by robvalue - April 19, 2015 at 4:46 am

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