Re: MD Theism, Non-Theism, Anti-Theism, Nihilism

From: hampday@earthlink.net
Date: Thu Jul 14 2005 - 16:26:02 BST

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    Reinier --

    > In my opinion "God" should be seen here as a social value-pattern.
    > It gets confusing this way. The repressing religious institutes
    > were social patterns. The scientific community rejects these
    > social patterns but also introduced "God" as an intellectual pattern,
    > of which they say 'it does not exist' or 'it can not be proven'.

    I think this use of "God" is intended as a nominal reference. Why not make
    "religion" the social pattern that is "mediated" [if that's the proper MoQ
    term] by the individual's particular conception of God?

    > So in discussing this topic you have to make sure you're not
    > discussing any of these value patterns. The big question that
    > remains is therefore: 'What's the attitude of members of the
    > MOQ-discussion group towards the beginning, source and/or
    > end of experience/existence?
    >
    > One could then address things like purpose, evolution, etc. from that
    perspective.

    A fair question, Reinier -- one that gets to the heart of philosophy. I'll
    be interested in seeing how the MD anti-theists (a-theists?) respond to it.

    Essentially yours,
    Ham

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