RE: If there is a creator, so what?
November 15, 2016 at 7:00 am
(This post was last modified: November 15, 2016 at 7:03 am by Ignorant.)
(November 15, 2016 at 5:45 am)robvalue Wrote: If I learn about myself by virtue of me being me... what does that even mean? [1] Of course I am me, I can't be anything else. How on Earth can I consider this a factor? [2] God is the law of identity? [3]
Ironically, the only thing God usually has to bow to is logic.
1) If part of being-you IS a relation with god, then, just in virtue of being-you, you can learn about that relation.
2) Yes, of course you-are-you. But if being-you includes a relation with god-being-god, then that relation is a fundamental aspect of you-being-you.
3) Something like that:
You-are-you through a participation in god-being-god.
God-is-god. Period. It just "is" in a self-contained, self-sustaining, subsistent way. No thing "is" like god "is".
It's fine if you disagree with that being the case. BUT. If it is the case, it seems like a pretty good start for a reason to care about it.