(August 8, 2021 at 12:29 pm)Angrboda Wrote:(August 8, 2021 at 12:20 pm)The Grand Nudger Wrote: Historically, the immateriality of god is related to convictions regarding it's incorruptibility. However, we're told that they're immensely powerful and interact with and within the world and that this is an objective phenomena.
Stuff that objectively interacts with other stuff is the same sort of stuff in that respect, at least, or so it seems to me.
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What do you think? Can god be made of stuff? If so, what sort of stuff..if not, why not?
That's very reminiscent of Popper's Third World, which many see as a problem. If there's a world where one kind of stuff interacts, and a second world where a different kind of stuff interacts, then there must be a third world where world one stuff and world two stuff are able to interact. I tend to see the problems inherent in such a view arguing strongly for monism. However, in a monist world, a lot of God stuff wouldn't happen.
Not every problem is a defeater though. As a common objection to dualism it is really and argument from ignorance and or incredulity. If the only positions we can reasonably hold are those without unresolved problems then we could not reasonably hold any positions.
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