RE: What is Ignosticism?
October 8, 2018 at 12:37 pm
(This post was last modified: October 8, 2018 at 12:45 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
(October 8, 2018 at 11:12 am)Bucky Ball Wrote: Great. Then define one, coherently.
What exactly *does* make them gods ?
You did a poll of the gods ? Let's see your data.
Any member of a set of supernatural anthropomorphized entities alleged to have authority over some function of this world (real or imagined). I defined it this way in the thread that lead to this one, lol.
We could go with a literary def too. The focal point of divinity narratives.
We could go with a specific description of an individual god.
\Heres what the internet has to say
Quote:(in Christianity and other monotheistic religions) the creator and ruler of the universe and source of all moral authority; the supreme being.
synonyms: the Lord, the Almighty, the Creator, the Maker, the Godhead; More
2.
(in certain other religions) a superhuman being or spirit worshiped as having power over nature or human fortunes; a deity.
"a moon god"
synonyms: deity, goddess, divine being, celestial being, divinity, immortal, avatar
"sacrifices to appease the gods"
The thing that makes them gods is recognizability in the set, recognizability with respect to each other. We can even classify them into subsets. Check it out.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_de...sification
All of that, is why ignosticism can't stand. It's only a sensible position the very -first- time you hear the term "gods". After that, you have an idea what folks are talking about..and if you want specifics you need only ask.
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