RE: I have some questions for the posters here.
June 23, 2021 at 2:38 pm
(This post was last modified: June 23, 2021 at 2:42 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
(June 23, 2021 at 2:18 pm)Frank Apisa Wrote:I've looked everywhere I need to know to answer the question. It's not as if a person has to know everything to know anything - I wouldn't know my own name by that standard.(June 23, 2021 at 1:55 pm)The Grand Nudger Wrote: I notice that there are no theistic world creators in our world.Are you sure?
Surely you have not looked everywhere in "this world"...and done it all at the same moment?
Quote:Then there we have it, we have a mutually exclusive claim to what gods are. If what you just agreed to is true, that appears to be an answer to the question of their existence posed as a comment beyond the confines of those stories.Quote:I notice that the stories are literary vehicles for cultural narratives, normative and expository..and at least a little bit, pure fun and mastery of craft. What's the problem?No problem. I agree with you.
Although some of the stories suck, big time. That god of Abraham is one cruel bastard in my opinion. I'd sooner worship Loki than that god. Although I would much rather not do any of that worshiping stuff.
Quote:-ah, but that's exactly what you've done. A fairy by any name. Ask yourself this, though, would the claim I know that there is no -tinkerbell- that particular fairy, be different? Why should it be. What planned objection do you have for the possible existence of a god that I could not also apply to tinkerbell, and what assertion of the impossibility of knowledge could I not also apply to my own name?Quote:You're asking me whether tinker bell exists and expressing incredulity when I say no as a matter of fact?
I would never do that.
But if you are saying "There are no gods" (I'm not entirely sure if you are or not) then I am incredulous.
Should I not be?
So, here we have a fairly routine and not at all difficult question. Are the characters in these myths real? The answer is no, as a matter of fact. I get that you might split the baby here, but I don't. The notion of a theistic god, any theistic god....the entire set, the whole genre, literally is a myth that we tell children.
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