RE: God, Energy and Matter
September 18, 2019 at 11:14 am
(This post was last modified: September 18, 2019 at 11:21 am by The Grand Nudger.)
(September 18, 2019 at 10:24 am)EgoDeath Wrote: To me, citing the nature of things and calling that nature god is silly. Where do they connect the gap? Why even call it god? Their pre-existing notion that there is a god is what's allowing them to form this opinion; they're not just coming up with this out of nowhere, right?
All religious naturalists are doing is using pre-existing concepts of the nature of things around us and combining it with their preconceived notions of god or "spirituality" to create some more palatable version of religion.
If, however, by religious naturalist you mean someone who is fascinated by nature and claims to derive a sense of spirituality from it... Then... Okay? I still don't see the need to add spirituality into mix, but okay.
Religious naturalism explicitly rejects god and spirituality, of any kind. It rejects the very notions as a misattribution. No god, no animating force, no spirit. Just nature, metaphysically ultimate.
I do get why you think the bit seems silly. The points of reference, though, arent. Those are legit...and even the nuttiest believer is conceptually leaning on a more legitimate piece of data than their own ridiculous beliefs. More legitimate even by their own reckoning, lol.
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