(January 17, 2010 at 1:36 am)TruthWorthy Wrote: Fr0d0 wrote: If we can know what he isn't, then we know he isn't the unknown right? Because nothing at all can be known about the unknown. So God can't be metaphorical.
This is a logical fallacy.
"God" can exist as an metaphor, and even the basis of "his" existance can't be proved beyond that, in terms of 'being'.
Absolutely correct - I have friends in the psychedelic community who use God as a metaphor all the time (much to my dismay).
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