(May 2, 2019 at 3:50 pm)FatAndFaithless Wrote: I guess I'm a little puzzled as to the value of calling everything "God." It doesn't help us understand anything, it doesn't have any explanatory power or any utility that you can integrate into your life, it doesn't answer any of the big philosophical questions (why are we here, where are we going, etc). Is the only reason because it helps some people feel some sort of connectedness?
If that's the case, then that's fine - but a feeling derived from a proposition isn't anything close to a reason to believe that proposition.
I get why people like Einstein used it as a metaphor, considering the more superstitious climate he lived in. But we really don't need to be calling anything "God/god "or even "super natural".
I agree, but I am not as "puzzled" as I am irritated by it's use. "God" explains nothing and is just a place card gap word where answers lack.
