RE: Antitheism
February 5, 2016 at 11:58 am
(This post was last modified: February 5, 2016 at 12:04 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
EP, some of the things you say about god and meaning and theism are very clearly the effect of cultural hegemony by a specific religion. When you consider god it's clear that you're thinking of the judeo-christian conception, when you think theism you clearly think of judeo-christian theism, and when you think meaning you clearly think judeo-christian meaning.
The reason that none of your statements have been representative in the manner that you've formed them..is that while many of them are true with reference to judeo-christian theology specifically, meaning and god (and religion) is a much larger tent with many more occupants than that tradition alone.
If you demand some sort of meaning for god, ala judeo-christian theology, ofc a deistic god will not satisfy....but that tells us nothing...other than that you are expressing bias towards judeo-christian interpretations when you consider these terms, likely by simple virtue of your place of birth and in-time.
(I agree with you, btw, deistic gods aren't really gods at all, it's just a way to keep using a term one has grown fond of when one can no longer believe in proper gods, lol. Thing is, that's just a simple disagreement of opinion as to what constitutes a god. There's really no way to discuss or debate a point of fact, in this regard, if you see what I mean........?)
The reason that none of your statements have been representative in the manner that you've formed them..is that while many of them are true with reference to judeo-christian theology specifically, meaning and god (and religion) is a much larger tent with many more occupants than that tradition alone.
If you demand some sort of meaning for god, ala judeo-christian theology, ofc a deistic god will not satisfy....but that tells us nothing...other than that you are expressing bias towards judeo-christian interpretations when you consider these terms, likely by simple virtue of your place of birth and in-time.
(I agree with you, btw, deistic gods aren't really gods at all, it's just a way to keep using a term one has grown fond of when one can no longer believe in proper gods, lol. Thing is, that's just a simple disagreement of opinion as to what constitutes a god. There's really no way to discuss or debate a point of fact, in this regard, if you see what I mean........?)
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