It would be disingenuous of me not to state up front that I find your writings entertaining & bizarrely fascinating. — EricH
It's not merely the things you say, but that you state them with such certainty and conviction. — EricH
Perhaps I've overlooked it, but I am not seeing anything in your posts that indicates anything resembling humility or acknowledging the possibility that you are mistaken. — EricH
That out of the way, I understand your position that God is not bound by LNC - otherwise (s)he would not be all powerful. — EricH
Would you clarify what you mean by "God is Reason"? Is "Reason" simply an alias for "God"? I.e., could we copy & paste the word "Reason" for the word "God" in your writings without any loss of meaning? — EricH
"So we shall come to understand that necessary existence is contained in the idea of a supremely perfect being" Descartes — Gregory
Yes, but that doesn't mean that God lacks the ability to cease to exist, for he can cease to be perfect whenever he wants. — Bartricks
Reason denotes the source of all normative reasons.
It's just that the single source of all normative reasons - Reason - is a person, and that person will be omnipotent, omniscient and omnibenevolent, and thus will satisfy the definition of God. — Bartricks
An omnipotent being is free to do anything, including cease to exist or ceasing to be omnipotent. Obviously. — Bartricks
Reason and God denote the same person - namely, a person who is omnipotent, omniscient, and omnibenevolent. But that does not mean that the words mean the same thing such that one could use them interchangeably (although if it is understood that both denote the same person, then I suppose they could be).
So the use of “God” vs “Reason” is context dependent. — Bartricks
I can see how for some people this might be a beautiful image.God is a person who is omnipotent, omniscient and omnibenevolent — Bartricks
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