Be clearly, lucidly written; no conflicting interpretations, no confusion as to what is intended — Art48
If a God ever did reveal himself/herself to humanity, the revelation would: — Art48
:up: E.g. the Democritean void (à la vacuum energy).Nothingnes[nonbeing] If he would exist I would imagine him as the pure representation of silence and emptiness. — javi2541997
https://thephilosophyforum.com/discussion/comment/507756As much as we tend to understand death.
Surely any technically competent god could make a personal appearance in front of all of us at the same time and tell us its story in every language required, including sign language for the deaf and street speak for da kool kidz! — universeness
Yes.Why stop there? A god could surely just implant complete knowledge in all human minds, without the need for any long-form narrative — Tom Storm
But Christians do say God has written the moral code in our hearts — Art48
Why stop there? A god could surely just implant complete knowledge in all human minds, without the need for any long-form narrative. :wink: — Tom Storm
But Christians do say God has written the moral code in our hearts. — Art48
The things that religions claim about god might not be fact but there is order, whether moral, linguistic or social etc. that is governed by something beyond our power and we must adapt and comply with. — introbert
The Bible has a long tradition of being understood as allegory. I think the hallmark of prominent contemporary Christianity, and the reversion into Protestant primitivism, is Biblical inerrancy, which is a kind of hermeneutical throwback, like the Taliban. — Tom Storm
The big question for me is why is it that god/s are never known directly? All we have is people telling stories, or old books that say a thing. No god has ever shows up, except in the stories. Highly suspicious, don't you think. :fire: - And no, that's not a burning bush. — Tom Storm
I simply acknowledge that there is conceptual room for god, especially given my low wattage beam on reality. I simply chose order as the essence of god as it encompasses most of the conventional understandings in social, symbolic, and moral systems. — introbert
Silence. — Banno
God is merely a concept, concepts are central to philosophy, and to simply prove a concept it must accurately reflect what it represents in reality — introbert
What a genuine word of God would look like?
— Art48
Silence. — Banno
You can manage without god, if you are willing to take all the responsibility yourself. — unenlightened
I don't deny that conceptions of god are easy to implode with carefully placed critiques. I simply acknowledge that there is conceptual room for god, especially given my low wattage beam on reality. I simply chose order as the essence of god as it encompasses most of the conventional understandings in social, symbolic, and moral systems. — introbert
You can manage without god, if you are willing to take all the responsibility yourself. — unenlightened
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