Hi Richard Ruquist Newton believed in numbers but was still a christian.
[Roger Clough], [rclo...@verizon.net] 12/9/2012 "Forever is a long time, especially near the end." -Woody Allen ----- Receiving the following content ----- From: Richard Ruquist Receiver: everything-list Time: 2012-12-08, 08:48:59 Subject: Re: Re: Re: Avoiding the use of the word God Roger, Comp or even just Peano arithmetic suggests that the monads do not need a god outside of themselves. Richard On Sat, Dec 8, 2012 at 8:40 AM, Roger Clough <rclo...@verizon.net> wrote: > Hi Richard Ruquist > > Referring as I did sometimes to the supreme monad as God was > not technically correct, only a shorthand version. L's God is > who/what perceives and does through the supreme monad. > L's God is itself therefore not a monad, it's simply cosmic intelligence > or the One. > > > [Roger Clough], [rclo...@verizon.net] > 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: 2012-12-08, 07:49:27 > Subject: Re: Re: Avoiding the use of the word God > > 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 <rclo...@verizon.net> 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], [rclo...@verizon.net] >> 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 <stephe...@charter.net> >> 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], [rclo...@verizon.net] >>> 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 everything-list@googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> 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 everything-list@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> 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 everything-list@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> 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 everything-list@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > 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 everything-list@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > 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. 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