(February 2, 2020 at 4:49 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote:(February 2, 2020 at 12:37 pm)Gae Bolga Wrote: The definition of what a god is doesn't depend on any individual god believers strongly held opinion that the other gods aren't gods, or that their gods are the only gods whose attributes define the set.
If a person claimed that their god was a waffle, it would be perfectly appropriate to point out that it was a waffle, and not a god. That would be more like a totem or idol.
The trouble with your use of the analogy, above, is that god believers are not god professionals.
Which brings us back to the earlier point that theology is a subject with no content.
Boru
Yet, somehow, we all play along with "theology" as if it were a real thing. Or any sort of academia.
Why?