RE: Agnostic Atheism? Your opinions..
December 16, 2011 at 9:19 pm
(This post was last modified: December 16, 2011 at 9:28 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
Spirituality without spirits. Again, there are better words to describe this. You keep using them. "Self Reflection", "Personal Growth", both fine descriptions without invoking any "spirit". The trouble here is that these concepts only survive by their continued use. They needlessly complicate any position without adding any descriptive power whatsoever. If you were to say "I'm interested in spirituality" this is effectively meaningless. If you say "I'm interested in personal growth and self reflection" the message is conveyed as well as it can be.
Spinoza's god, like any god, is an unsubstantiated entity. Adding only confusion, with no ability to describe or explain anything at all. The unity you feel is one which you have invented. I feel no unity with you and would gladly throw you under the bus for myself or mine. Similarly I feel no unity with the animal I'm about to eat. These are all fuzzy words and concepts, that's the point. Whatever background you paint on the cosmos to help you deal with life is your own business obviously. Doesn't mean that any of it is actually there.
Spinoza's god, like any god, is an unsubstantiated entity. Adding only confusion, with no ability to describe or explain anything at all. The unity you feel is one which you have invented. I feel no unity with you and would gladly throw you under the bus for myself or mine. Similarly I feel no unity with the animal I'm about to eat. These are all fuzzy words and concepts, that's the point. Whatever background you paint on the cosmos to help you deal with life is your own business obviously. Doesn't mean that any of it is actually there.
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