God's Nature

[-Vincent-]

The book that I recommend that you read is a philosophy book. It is concerned with the nature of experience, the authors are philosophers of mathematics. The book is not very useful for education in mathematics, and is not intended to be.

It is intended to provide insight to anyone into the nature of the human mind, and addresses several problems that everyone who thinks encounters.

Vincent

 

[The Nihilist]

Shane, that was incredibly helpful.
I do not argue against the weakness of western philosophy. It is no secret that it has them. I am, however, arguing that philosophy has its place. I am also arguing that, whatever weaknesses philosophy does have, it is far preferable to mysticism.

 

[MaxP]

No, I don't buy that argument for a minute. I sincerely hope there are no responses suggesting as such.

Attributes that are of a default kind, like darkness merely being the absence of light, connote the creation of something apart from God's will, or a quality outside God's substance. That doesn't make sense to me.

God is everything.

Maybe a better question is what distinguishes the Godhead from Everything. This might be heading into Hinduistic thought, but if God is everything, and everything includes evil, then did the Godhead somehow separate and decide love was the best?

Free will and the soul are God separating something from Him; hence how evil can happen.

 

[-Vincent-]

I am also arguing that, whatever weaknesses philosophy does have, it is far preferable to mysticism.

Well, how many mystical experiences have you had? And, are you simply trying to say that do not believe that God does exist?

Vincent

 

[The Nihilist]

Well, how many mystical experiences have you had? And, are you simply trying to say that do not believe that God does exist?

Vincent

I don't believe mystical experiences happen. I think what you call a mystical experience, I call being high, or a brain aneurysm, or something of that nature. I do not believe in a god, but I think mysticism is probably more pernicious as "ordinary" religion.

 

[-Vincent-]

I don't believe mystical experiences happen. I think what you call a mystical experience, I call being high, or a brain aneurysm, or something of that nature. I do not believe in a god, but I think mysticism is probably more pernicious as "ordinary" religion.

You don't seem to be much of an empiricist. You don't seem to have been able to verify these thoughts and beliefs through experiences that you trust...

Just a thought or two on my side of it...