Re: MD MOQ, Intellect, DQ and Woman

From: MarshaV (marshalz@i-2000.com)
Date: Fri Aug 06 2004 - 22:08:38 BST

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    Hi Mark,

    Thanks.  I'm happy to be back. 

    You stated, "The term God has specific meaning in philosophy, it is that which nothing exceeds."  I think the term god has the same specific meaning in religion.  But, a Christian philosopher, for example, would also believe "God" is a personal god.  One who may have influence on the lives of humans.  Seems to me 'the existence of a God' has been a major debate in Western Philosophy for centuries.  The problems with the 'existence of evil' are also based on there being a personal God.  The meaning you stated is too simplistic for all Philosophy. 

    What is "God's" relationship to MOQ?  What is "God's" relationship to the Intellectual Level, the highest level? 

    I still think the gender specific word, God, is dangerous because it is confining.  God (him, he) is an incomplete concept.   This word is wrong whether used by philosophers, the Pope or the Dali Lama.  If God is masculine, where does that leave things that are feminine?  



    MarshaV



    At 12:37 PM 8/6/2004 -0400, you wrote:

    Hi Marsha,
    I have not read any of the above.
    The term God has specific meaning in philosophy, it is that which nothing exceeds. How theologians get from that to organised religious terminology is something i do not understand.
    In the world of organised religion, God is really rather absent don't you feel?!!!!
    In fact, organised religion has virtually nothing to do with God at all, and appears to be a collection of social patterns established to maintain a patriarchal political system.
    I was watching a TV programme about the development of the Houses of Parliament the other night, and so much of the ritual still in use is borrowed from the church. Even today our government is buried in the patriarchal past...

    Nice to see ya back,
    Mark
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