RE: Do you think God is authoritarian?
December 7, 2023 at 11:27 am
(This post was last modified: December 7, 2023 at 11:30 am by The Grand Nudger.)
It also muddies the distinction between deism and theism. Deism is not "bare theism". Bare theism rejects the impersonal and non interventionist god of deism. It positively asserts a personal and intervening god - though the specific content of that intervention varies between different theistic religions.
That intervention either often..or always, takes the form of an authoritarian proposition. We appeal to gods -as- a personal and intervening authority, the very moment we posit theistic gods. It should be no surprise, then, that theism and authoritarianism are strongly correlated everywhere we care to look. Theists, every single theist, is telling us that there -is- at least one authority, and that this authority is their god.
That intervention either often..or always, takes the form of an authoritarian proposition. We appeal to gods -as- a personal and intervening authority, the very moment we posit theistic gods. It should be no surprise, then, that theism and authoritarianism are strongly correlated everywhere we care to look. Theists, every single theist, is telling us that there -is- at least one authority, and that this authority is their god.
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