[extropy-chat] Atheists launch inquisition...

Brett Paatsch bpaatsch at bigpond.net.au
Wed Dec 1 20:39:00 UTC 2004


Emlyn wrote:

> Brett wrote:
>> For example Spinoza said "God is that being than which none
>> greater can exist." And then added the stipulation that to exist in
>> reality is better (i.e. greater) than to exist merely in the imagination.
>>
>> Spinoza's conception of God as thus far outlined does not violate
>> the contingency of the universe. On the contrary it seems specifically
>> designed to fit within it. God is merely the greatest being existing in
>> reality.
>
> Hey, that's me! Tops! I'm God. Now I never expected that. Hmm, kind of
> embarrassing for a self professed Atheist, on reflection.

I wouldn't worry about it.  Those that know don't have to believe.

Any God worth a damn that didn't know (rather than merely believe)
they existed as a bedrock certainty could hardly know anything.
There would be nowhere for them to know anything from.

Brett





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