On 15 Jul 2014, at 22:17, 'Chris de Morsella' via Everything List wrote:
From: Quentin Anciaux <[email protected]>
Well I can accept such language in mathematics where you make clear
what is meant, not in every day use.... when someone says he
*believes* in god, that's not what he meant... That's what I don't
like in your approach to insist using everyday word in everyday
language *but* with your own mathematical meaning. It's misleading
you should see it.
Quentin
I am confused as well when words such as "god" that have powerful
well known and widely used meanings become used to mean something
very different than the commonly understood meaning
What makes you know it is that different? A lot of Christian, Jewish,
Muslims (at least in the past and still among sufis) love Plotinus and
neoplatonism. before christinism get trapped in secular power, a large
proportion of Chirstian theologian, or student in theology, were
knowing vey well Greek theology. And there are many people thinking
that Plotinus, and its own master perhaps, were influenced by Indians.
I guess it is not really plausible that the God of the neoplatonist
comp looks like a male with a beard, nor a female with wings, but as a
scientist I am agnostic before some progress is made.
I use "god" in the sense used by all comparative theologians. You
might read Aldous Huxley "philosophia perennis".
I think that using another nickname, at this stage, might be quite
misleading.
My own understanding of Plotinus came with the help of Jewish, Muslim,
and Christian theologians.
We just don't know.
Bruno
Chris
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