RE: A pantheistic argument.
October 30, 2012 at 8:35 pm
(This post was last modified: October 30, 2012 at 8:42 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
(October 29, 2012 at 5:34 pm)DoubtVsFaith Wrote: 1. Let's assume that there is one god and it is whatever is the most influential force in the universe.So I guess my final thoughts on the matter would be that you are incapable of providing any justification for the assumption at the start (specifically that you have assumed god, and that influence is the qualifier), and you aren't willing to stick to your conclusion (or even admit that you said it). Also, since you don't believe this (as per the response above), I suppose you aren't a pantheist either. If the only reason that you proposed this was to show how meaningless the terms atheism and theism are then you failed there as well, being incapable of addressing the very root of either word. "If words didn't mean what they meant then....." waffles.
2. The universe as a whole has more influence than anything else because without it nothing else can exist, because everything is part of it. It is so influential that it necessitates existence itself by definition, assuming that the universe is everything.
3. Therefore the universe itself as a whole is god.
Thoughts?
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