RE: A Question From Atheists
June 23, 2017 at 3:25 pm
(This post was last modified: June 23, 2017 at 3:29 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
The op is just looking for a way to rationally arrive at a desired conclusion. That's logic in reverse...but ultimately it's one way to figure out what a compelling argument might be if the propositions supplied were true.
If the universe were like a god, in important and meaningful ways, then it -would- be possible to rationally conclude that the universe was a god. Pantheists -do- believe that the universe is like a god, in important and meaningful ways. Nos believes that the universe is sacred, holy, divine, worthy of worship (not, as he maintains, a tautological issue, btw). These are attributes commonly given to gods. This is what makes a pantheist a pantheist...not a belief in the universe. Similarly, a person who believes in the universe is under no obligation to believe in what makes a pantheist a pantheist. Nothing about what makes them pantheists is necessarily true or even implied by the existence of a universe.
It's really that simple.
If the universe were like a god, in important and meaningful ways, then it -would- be possible to rationally conclude that the universe was a god. Pantheists -do- believe that the universe is like a god, in important and meaningful ways. Nos believes that the universe is sacred, holy, divine, worthy of worship (not, as he maintains, a tautological issue, btw). These are attributes commonly given to gods. This is what makes a pantheist a pantheist...not a belief in the universe. Similarly, a person who believes in the universe is under no obligation to believe in what makes a pantheist a pantheist. Nothing about what makes them pantheists is necessarily true or even implied by the existence of a universe.
It's really that simple.
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