RE: Defending Pantheism
May 3, 2019 at 12:52 pm
(This post was last modified: May 3, 2019 at 12:52 pm by vulcanlogician.)
(May 3, 2019 at 12:41 pm)Acrobat Wrote: Can you define the numinous for me? I searched the thread, I couldn't find any titles with numinous in it. I've seen in mentioned in a variety of threads, but those that elaborated on it, seem to be theist.
We can go by google's definition for now. If we don't want to agree on it for the purposes of our discussion, we can adapt it:
nu·mi·nous
adjective
adjective: numinous
having a strong religious or spiritual quality; indicating or suggesting the presence of a divinity.
"the strange, numinous beauty of this ancient landmark"
I was using "holy" and "numinous" colloquially and merely suggesting that such words might be used to describe natural phenomena (like a landmark... or the entire universe). I don't think my entire argument rests on how these words are defined. I could easily construct my argument without using these words.