If God is not immanent, then by this definition He is necessarily transcendent; both pantheism (the world is God) and panentheism (the world is in God) are ruled out. It is therefore untenable to ascribe either of these views to Peirce, as some scholars wrongly do; he was a Protestant Christian theist, although admittedly not a traditionally orthodox one. — aletheist
Yes, probably because his first wife was Episcopalian--her father was a bishop--and she presumably only agreed to marry him if he converted from the Unitarianism of his family.Clearly there was a reason Peirce attended the Episcopal Church, a midway between Catholic and Protestant. — Mapping the Medium
I became Lutheran as an adult, and have not encountered anything in its theology that absolutely requires nominalism or rejects scholastic realism. In general, Lutherans are wary of imposing any particular philosophical system.I was baptised Lutheran, and recognize the nominalism within it. — Mapping the Medium
Naturally, I prefer this one.This is one good reference that may shed some light on his views. — Mapping the Medium
Naturally, I prefer this one. — aletheist
For you to see the color, it takes you and the flowers, plus the other sensory aspects of the medium at the time you are looking at them. The color is not confined to the flower. Your seeing it is caused by many things other than you and the flower, and without that combination of all aspects (which we are still discovering) of the medium at that moment in time, you would not see the color, or perhaps that same shade as another person would. We each see color differently because of this. It is manifested by the continuum. And other life forms would see it even more differently than humans. — Mapping the Medium
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Are you a "recovering Christian"? — Gregory
"Borrowed" may be a better word. They borrowed so very much.This term was used centuries before Jesus, and Christians (as good sales people do with references) used a familiar term to apply it to Jesus and grab the attention of listeners. — Mapping the Medium
I'm warming up to you. — Gregory
Borrowed" may be a better word. They borrowed so very much.
This particular borrowing (of "logos") was likely a part of the gradual deification of Jesus and his--uncomfortable, I think--identification with the Father and the uncertainly defined third member of the Trinity, the Holy Ghost or Spirit. Jesus wasn't referred to as God in the earlier Gospels, or in Paul, so the concept of logos served developing Christianity well. If, that is, you wanted Jesus to be God and not merely a man or an intermediary, or a lesser heavenly power. — Ciceronianus the White
Not really germane to the thread topic, but this is clearly false; e.g., see Matthew 1:23, Mark 1:1, Luke 3:21-22, Philippians 2:5-11, and Colossians 1:15-20, just for starters.Jesus wasn't referred to as God in the earlier Gospels, or in Paul ... — Ciceronianus the White
Not really germane to the thread topic, but this is clearly false; e.g., see Matthew 1:23, Mark 1:1, Luke 3:21-22, Philippians 2:5-11, and Colossians 1:15-20, just for starters. — aletheist
Again, not germane to the thread topic, but "Immanuel" means "God with us," not "Son of God." Paul says that Jesus "was in the form of God ... but emptied himself," and calls him "the image of the invisible God" such that "by him all things were created" and "in him all things hold together." The earliest Christian creed was "Jesus is Lord," identifying him with the name typically used for God in place of the unspoken YHWH.Immanuel, or the Son of God, isn't necessarily God. — Ciceronianus the White
Offpoint, probably. But Pierce was fond of the number three. Maybe he got there from the Trinity. — Ciceronianus the White
This is most certainly true.It's time consuming to really get to know him [Peirce]. — Mapping the Medium
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