(September 25, 2015 at 1:55 pm)lkingpinl Wrote:(September 25, 2015 at 1:44 pm)timrees Wrote: You are defined as a human being. We could break the definition down further and say you are male... But the point is, were we talking about you or human beings in general terms, everyone involved in the discussion will have a clear meaning of what we are all referring to... Simples. It isn't rocket science...
No I agree there but most discussions regarding God are not about physical attributes but about his "nature". That is why I presented the ideas of how I am with different people. If you ask my friends to describe my nature, you will get a different description than my wife or kids will give you. Just the point is because there is not a unanimous objective definition for the term "God" does not mean conversations about him are meaningless.
There's really no need to obscure the definition with the word "nature", which suggests moods, seasons, which will all add up to "the changing face of..." Keep it simple. The word you used before "nature" was "his". Now the word his has a very literal definition and that is: male life form. Use of the word "his" tells me you define your god as a person? Is that correct? - You can probably see now why the word god is meaningless. If you define your god as a person why not use the word "person" or more clearly define meaning of your use of the word "his" by stating "the nature of this male human being" or "the nature of this male elephant"? Then I would have known what you meant from the start and we wouldn't need to chase our tails...
As a sub note: I was discussing this very subject with a Catholic priest and he ended up by saying, "But, of course you understand, Tim, the word "god" is a metaphor... At that point I told him he was wasting mine and his time... #sigh
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