RE: Atheism and morality
July 9, 2013 at 7:26 pm
(This post was last modified: July 9, 2013 at 8:56 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
Isn't the consistent diff between d and t gods that the t gods are personal wheras the d gods are not? Creator, omni-whatever, those would be down to the particular d or t god.
For example, many native american "gods" where definitely -not- omnipotent, -not- omniscienct, -not- pefrectly morally good (often quite the opposite or some blurring)*.....but they were definitely "t" gods though, as their interactions and personal interests in the affairs of men or particular men form the backdrop for their entire religious narrative and experience (including rituals rites and offerings).
Obviously, whatever you define to be a god is whatever would constitute a god for you, but in reverse fashion, Frodo, for example, could tally up all the ancillary attributes and the sum would not be "Yahweh". It's "Yaweh" first, then tally it up. No amounting of checking tally boxes makes one a christian - unless the "christ" box is tallied explicitly. Similarly, d and t gods may have long lists of disparate (or commensurate) ancillary attributes but the diff between the two seems to be an issue of just one box in that list.
(*late edit: also not creators)
For example, many native american "gods" where definitely -not- omnipotent, -not- omniscienct, -not- pefrectly morally good (often quite the opposite or some blurring)*.....but they were definitely "t" gods though, as their interactions and personal interests in the affairs of men or particular men form the backdrop for their entire religious narrative and experience (including rituals rites and offerings).
Obviously, whatever you define to be a god is whatever would constitute a god for you, but in reverse fashion, Frodo, for example, could tally up all the ancillary attributes and the sum would not be "Yahweh". It's "Yaweh" first, then tally it up. No amounting of checking tally boxes makes one a christian - unless the "christ" box is tallied explicitly. Similarly, d and t gods may have long lists of disparate (or commensurate) ancillary attributes but the diff between the two seems to be an issue of just one box in that list.
(*late edit: also not creators)
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