RE: Your position on naturalism
November 25, 2016 at 4:07 am
(This post was last modified: November 25, 2016 at 4:08 am by Ignorant.)
(November 24, 2016 at 11:46 pm)bennyboy Wrote:(November 24, 2016 at 10:42 am)Ignorant Wrote: =) YES! That is one of the basic Christian claims, anyway.
Hmmmm. . . to me, my mind is my being. You are saying that my mind is Jesus? [1] Does this apply to everyone? [2] Is the mind of a child-molesting serial murderer Jesus? [3]
This is a new claim for me-- I don't remember reading it in the Bible. Is it a Catholic tenet? [4]
Thanks for your questions.
1) No, I am not saying that your mind is Jesus. If your mind is your being and not "being, itself", then your mind is not Jesus, who IS "being, itself".
2) No. It seems like it would ONLY apply to Jesus. On your account, ONLY Jesus's mind is Jesus. If your mind is your being, then Jesus's mind is his being. If Jesus is "being, itself", then his mind is "being, itself".
3) Clearly not. See 1 and 2.
4) Catholicism does not teach that "your" mind is Jesus. Catholicism DOES hold that Jesus is god. If god is "being, itself", then Jesus is "being, itself".
