RE: Disproving Odin - An Experiment in arguing with a theist with Theist logic
March 7, 2018 at 1:06 pm
(March 7, 2018 at 12:58 pm)Neo-Scholastic Wrote:(March 6, 2018 at 9:19 pm)vulcanlogician Wrote: But the point of the thread isn't even metaphysical. It's epistemological. How the hell do you disprove Odin? -- Whether he's necessary or not, you can't do it.
Yes, from a purely episimological perspective someone cannot disprove any of the Norse gods, fantastic beasts, or cosmic teapots. These are just things within a world of things. As for the Christian God, to the extent that He is identical with the God of Classical Philosophy, He falls into a completely category. So I really don't have time for the various straw man arguments that make this dumb-ass category error. And ultimately, I really don't care whether or not any pagan god exists. Maybe they do in some Star Trek kind of way but since none are the Supreme Being, none would be worthy of worship as God.
The Christian God is a Trinity. He cannot be the Supreme Being. Odin is the one and only God of Classical Philosophy. He is "maximally great" in all the specific ways that Norse theologists have attributed to him (omnipotent, omniscient, omnipresent, omnibenevolent, etc.). It's just that, unlike Yahweh, he's not a triune God, but a strictly one and only God. Also, all the stuff you've read about Odin in books are not 100% true, so take what fallible human beings have said about him with a grain of salt, and come and join us in worshiping Odin, the one and only true God. Amen.
