RE: What is God?
July 7, 2014 at 11:16 pm
(This post was last modified: July 8, 2014 at 12:36 am by Whateverist.)
I do agree that any theism involving gods involves an incorrect attribution. I'm just saying there is something intrinsic to our subjective experience which naturally lends itself to being understood as the presence of gods. The more controversial part of what I'm saying is that this something intrinsic represents something real about us which is best not ignored. Theism has an advantage over nothing-but atheism by virtue of at least providing a handle for this aspect of our consciousness. But atheists need no more be shackled to a nothing-but-rational-calculation understanding of consciousness than theists need be shackled to a literal understanding of religion.
The something intrinsic to our experience for which gods are such a natural fit can be even more adequately accounted for without gods. But it isn't something science can put in a pill for you. It involves dancing with an internal otherness which is with you but not narrowly you. It isn't about schizophrenia or split personalities or any sort of pathology for that matter. It is about reaching for wholeness by letting in more without immediately squeezing it to death with an overly controlling grip. It is about integration, not conquest. Anyhow, that is the way I see it.
The something intrinsic to our experience for which gods are such a natural fit can be even more adequately accounted for without gods. But it isn't something science can put in a pill for you. It involves dancing with an internal otherness which is with you but not narrowly you. It isn't about schizophrenia or split personalities or any sort of pathology for that matter. It is about reaching for wholeness by letting in more without immediately squeezing it to death with an overly controlling grip. It is about integration, not conquest. Anyhow, that is the way I see it.
