RE: [split] Are Questions About God Important?
November 30, 2023 at 7:48 pm
(This post was last modified: November 30, 2023 at 7:49 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
(November 30, 2023 at 7:26 pm)Confused-by-christianity Wrote:Nah. That's crystal clear. It can get a little sticky in the follow up, though. If we've decided that things are worthwhile because they shine out of gods wherever, instead of shining out of gods wherever because they are worthwhile ; then if badness, hate, falsity, ugliness, vacuity, and cowardice were what was shining out of gods wherever.. those things would be the set of the worthwhile. That sound accurate to you?(November 30, 2023 at 7:09 pm)The Grand Nudger Wrote: Are these things worthy because they shine out of gods wherever, or do they shine out of gods wherever because they are worthy?Probably the first one. That would make god the bestower
Btw - we are out of my pay grade here - I can give my worldview - but not account for every little detail
(November 30, 2023 at 7:32 pm)Confused-by-christianity Wrote: We basically have two answers here:
Question - what makes a thing important?
People who don’t believe in god
- because we say it is. Or, a group of us say it is
People who do believe in god
- because something higher made it so.
Was there much else deeper than that said??
There are more than two answers and all of them are open to people who believe in gods or people who don't.
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