How is a personal god different from an anthropomorphic god?
December 22, 2015 at 11:34 pm
(This post was last modified: December 22, 2015 at 11:35 pm by Pizza.)
"A personal god is a deity who can be related to as a person[1] instead of as an impersonal force, such as the Absolute, "the All", or the "Ground of Being"."
"In the scriptures of the Abrahamic religions, God is described as being a personal creator, speaking in the first person and showing emotion such as anger and pride, and sometimes appearing in anthropomorphic shape.[2] In the Pentateuch, for example, God talks with and instructs his prophets and is conceived as possessing volition, emotions (such as anger, grief and happiness), intention, and other attributes characteristic of a human person. Personal relationships with God may be described in the same ways as human relationships, such as a Father, as in Christianity, or a Friend as in Sufism.[3]"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_god
"By "personal" I mean endowed with rationality, self-consciousness, and volition—the usual sort of qualities associated with being a person."
Bill Craig himself- http://www.reasonablefaith.org/personal-...z3v6x1SkhP
"Anthropomorphism is the attribution of human traits, emotions, and intentions to non-human entities.[1] "
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthropomorphism
Sounds like the same thing to me.
Thoughts anyone?
"In the scriptures of the Abrahamic religions, God is described as being a personal creator, speaking in the first person and showing emotion such as anger and pride, and sometimes appearing in anthropomorphic shape.[2] In the Pentateuch, for example, God talks with and instructs his prophets and is conceived as possessing volition, emotions (such as anger, grief and happiness), intention, and other attributes characteristic of a human person. Personal relationships with God may be described in the same ways as human relationships, such as a Father, as in Christianity, or a Friend as in Sufism.[3]"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_god
"By "personal" I mean endowed with rationality, self-consciousness, and volition—the usual sort of qualities associated with being a person."
Bill Craig himself- http://www.reasonablefaith.org/personal-...z3v6x1SkhP
"Anthropomorphism is the attribution of human traits, emotions, and intentions to non-human entities.[1] "
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthropomorphism
Sounds like the same thing to me.
Thoughts anyone?
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