The Problem of Infinite Aspects
March 29, 2012 at 5:51 am
(This post was last modified: March 29, 2012 at 5:58 am by NoMoreFaith.)
Our imagination is limited by experience. The broader the experiences, generally the wider the imagination can be.
We can imagine a green man, because we have experience of green, and man. We can imagine an alien world, with reference to our own and known planets.
Infinity is a concept reachable through mathematical means or linguistic extrapolation but not experience.
The paradox we have is that all knowledge of God is through Human experiences, which leads us to the following argument.
1. Our imagination is limited by experience
2. We cannot experience anything infinite, and cannot imagine it.
3. God is defined by infinite aspects
4. Knowledge of Gods aspects cannot be verified through experience.
5. All reference to God's aspects must therefore be from humans.
6. The concept of God comes from humans.
I should note that I am not arguing God does not exist in this case, but realistically, any evidence for his infinite aspects can only come through human means and any correspondence to a real being, is purely coincidental.
Most importantly of all, an infinite God is deliberately maintaining an equivalence with fiction.
Yes, I get bored at work...
We can imagine a green man, because we have experience of green, and man. We can imagine an alien world, with reference to our own and known planets.
Infinity is a concept reachable through mathematical means or linguistic extrapolation but not experience.
The paradox we have is that all knowledge of God is through Human experiences, which leads us to the following argument.
1. Our imagination is limited by experience
2. We cannot experience anything infinite, and cannot imagine it.
3. God is defined by infinite aspects
4. Knowledge of Gods aspects cannot be verified through experience.
5. All reference to God's aspects must therefore be from humans.
6. The concept of God comes from humans.
I should note that I am not arguing God does not exist in this case, but realistically, any evidence for his infinite aspects can only come through human means and any correspondence to a real being, is purely coincidental.
Most importantly of all, an infinite God is deliberately maintaining an equivalence with fiction.
Yes, I get bored at work...
Self-authenticating private evidence is useless, because it is indistinguishable from the illusion of it. ― Kel, Kelosophy Blog
If you’re going to watch tele, you should watch Scooby Doo. That show was so cool because every time there’s a church with a ghoul, or a ghost in a school. They looked beneath the mask and what was inside?
The f**king janitor or the dude who runs the waterslide. Throughout history every mystery. Ever solved has turned out to be. Not Magic. ― Tim Minchin, Storm
If you’re going to watch tele, you should watch Scooby Doo. That show was so cool because every time there’s a church with a ghoul, or a ghost in a school. They looked beneath the mask and what was inside?
The f**king janitor or the dude who runs the waterslide. Throughout history every mystery. Ever solved has turned out to be. Not Magic. ― Tim Minchin, Storm
