Roger, In order to get a cosmic consciousness, an arithmetic of monads is required. No one monad has consciousness as L has said. Therefore isince God is one monad, it cannot be conscious and IMO therefore cannot be god. Richard
On Sat, Dec 8, 2012 at 7:31 AM, Roger Clough <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Richard Ruquist > > > You say, "God is the totality of all Monads and its creation is > expressed on and in all of them. " > > God is the agent that carries out this expression, > for only He knows what they all are. > > [Roger Clough], [[email protected]] > 12/8/2012 > "Forever is a long time, especially near the end." -Woody Allen > > > ----- Receiving the following content ----- > From: Richard Ruquist > Receiver: everything-list > Time: 2012-12-06, 12:59:57 > Subject: Re: Avoiding the use of the word God > > On Thu, Dec 6, 2012 at 12:57 PM, Stephen P. King <[email protected]> > wrote: >> On 12/6/2012 7:52 AM, Roger Clough wrote: >> >> Hi Stephen, >> >> I slipped up, sorry. I usually avoid using the word God since that upsets >> many people. >> >> Instead, you can think of L's universe as a complete system with one >> control, >> the Supreme Monad (the One). It only needs one master controller, but that >> is necessary and more than that wouldn't work. >> >> >> Dear Roger, >> >> The way I see the idea, there is no need for a single central control or >> special monad. God is the totality of all Monads and its creation is >> expressed on and in all of them. I see the language that L used about a >> "one >> God" was merely a way to remain in the good graces of the Church. > > Hear, Hear > >> >> >> [Roger Clough], [[email protected]] >> 12/6/2012 >> "Forever is a long time, especially near the end." -Woody Allen >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Onward! >> >> Stephen >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Everything List" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en.
