RE: Benevolent Creator God?
July 31, 2021 at 1:43 pm
(This post was last modified: July 31, 2021 at 1:45 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
(July 30, 2021 at 1:51 pm)Neo-Scholastic Wrote: Yeah, I have a soft spot for the ancient pagans. Been thinking a lot about the role of intangibles lately and am in favor of clearing away as much inessential cognitive baggage as possiple. In some sense adopting an atheistic stance is helpful since most people who were raised religiously absorbed a lot of conflicting ideas and confusing attitudes. I know I was. And yet, I do not see a way to totally dispense with God and still speak intelligently about the many intangibles that are seemingly essential parts of our awareness.
That might be a product of your religiosity and a comment on your own abilities rather than a description of any external state of affairs or the abilities of others. There are many people who find no specific difficulty in discussing intangibles, essential or otherwise, without resorting to comments on any god.
It would be an issue of translation if there were any equivalence. You say god, but mean gravity. Say god, but mean love. Say god, but mean purpose. etc. These may not be your specific intangibles, but you can catch the drift I'm sure.
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