RE: Hello soulcalm17
July 13, 2024 at 10:58 am
(This post was last modified: July 13, 2024 at 11:06 am by The Grand Nudger.)
Because that's the silly part, and not the personal nature they all have as a matter of category. Saint Tom, for his part, was loonier than a shithouse rat.
Whether a theistic god is male or female is a reflection of the authority structure of the culture that proposes it - but all theistic gods share in their defining trait as human-alike in a meaningful way. Pure projection. Insomuch as any apologist needs to play that down they are offering a disingenuous defense of some other thing...likely, because even they realize that the actual item is indefensible.
Whether a theistic god is male or female is a reflection of the authority structure of the culture that proposes it - but all theistic gods share in their defining trait as human-alike in a meaningful way. Pure projection. Insomuch as any apologist needs to play that down they are offering a disingenuous defense of some other thing...likely, because even they realize that the actual item is indefensible.
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