The basic problem I find with my own interpretation of Ignorant's position is that from my perspective it seems as though Ignorant is saying that God is noumenal and to know God himself is to know reality itself as opposed to knowing merely our own perceptions of it. And so Ignorant is saying That's Why God Is Important.
Unfortunately from my perspective it seems like the following question begging scenario:
How can God matter to us within the phenomenal realm?
Because God is reality itself, God is goodness itself. God is being itself. So God is the only thing that can matter to us.
But that's the noumenal realm and inaccessible by definition. So, again, my question is how can God matter to us within the phenomenal realm?
No, God exists in both realms and by definition God is the only thing that can matter to us.
But the phenomenal realm is all that matters to us because it's all that's accessible to us. So, again, how can God matter to us within the phenomenal realm?
Because God is reality itself, God is goodness itself. God is being itself. So God is the only thing that can matter to us.
But how?
Because God is the the only thing that can.
But how?
The problem is that to me it seems as though there's a relevant question being asked about epistemology: "How can we know God in a way that matters to us?" that is being answered with an irrelevant statement about ontology: "Because God is the only thing we can know that matters within our reality."
The question is "How?" but the answer is "What!"
I'm sure that you don't see it this way and probably feel I have strawmanned you, Ignorant. But remember this is just how I see the problem from my perspective. I hope that at least giving you the way I interpret the problem can be of some value or use to you.
Unfortunately from my perspective it seems like the following question begging scenario:
How can God matter to us within the phenomenal realm?
Because God is reality itself, God is goodness itself. God is being itself. So God is the only thing that can matter to us.
But that's the noumenal realm and inaccessible by definition. So, again, my question is how can God matter to us within the phenomenal realm?
No, God exists in both realms and by definition God is the only thing that can matter to us.
But the phenomenal realm is all that matters to us because it's all that's accessible to us. So, again, how can God matter to us within the phenomenal realm?
Because God is reality itself, God is goodness itself. God is being itself. So God is the only thing that can matter to us.
But how?
Because God is the the only thing that can.
But how?
The problem is that to me it seems as though there's a relevant question being asked about epistemology: "How can we know God in a way that matters to us?" that is being answered with an irrelevant statement about ontology: "Because God is the only thing we can know that matters within our reality."
The question is "How?" but the answer is "What!"
I'm sure that you don't see it this way and probably feel I have strawmanned you, Ignorant. But remember this is just how I see the problem from my perspective. I hope that at least giving you the way I interpret the problem can be of some value or use to you.
