I have some questions for the posters here.

[Paleophyte]

RESPONSE:  I appreciate your position and I thank you for sharing it. However, I will stick with I said. When I use the word "god" I mean "The entity (or entities) responsible for the creation of what we humans call 'the physical universe'...IF THERE IS SUCH AN ENTITY." Some people may be unwilling to have discussions with me because of this...and I will lives with that.

This is sometimes a problem on this forum. When someone mentions the word "God," a lot of people automatically define it to mean the worst, most angry Old Testament-type. Your definition -- that which creates the universe -- is perfectly fine. The God of the philosophers (e.g. Spinoza) or the God of the theologians (e.g. Martin Buber) is not the one who asks us to throw people into volcanoes.

Except for the tiny problem that it isn't a definition. It's a single act that might just as easily be ascribed to a natural force. "That which creates the universe" is an apt description of two intersecting branes.

So if the angry tribal God is the only one people are willing to talk about, they're shutting down most of the conversation.

Perhaps you should read the post he was replying to.

As you can see, most people on this forum have had the same conversation a thousand times. If someone comes along who doesn't understand them immediately they switch immediately to personal insults. That's just the kind of forum it is. Personal insults are the norm.

As much as I'm sure you're enjoying wielding that broad brush the least you could do is find a post that it actually applies to. Or are you actively trying to discourage civil discussion?

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