Mark, I'm saying the pattern/concept of 'god' is not meaningful.
Marsha On Feb 7, 2010, at 3:42 AM, markhsmit wrote: > Hi Marsha, > You may find Ernst Cassirer's writings illuminating. > http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/cassirer/ > especially the part on the philosophy of symbolic > forms. There are similarities with MoQ. The reason > I bring this guys name up is that he considered the > intellect to be built on the foundations of the > mythical consciousness. This type of consciousness > would be at the root of our intellect. So to deny myth, > is to deny that intellect exists (as least according > to Cassirer). I equate this to Windows when it was > based on DOS. Many people were in denial that > it was built on the primitive DOS. I think that Cassirer > makes a good argument, better than the argument > that man-made myths are not meaningful. What > makes something meaningful? > > Now, if one takes the relativistic view, all constructs > are man-made. So I take it you are saying that as an > athiest, things are not relative but that there is an > absolute truth out there. This sounds kind of > religious. > > What if God was not human-like, but a synthesis of > all intelligences besides those that are made up > of a few interconnected neurons in our heads. Our > brain is quite simple and dwarfed by the complexity > of planet earth, which could be considered much more > intelligent than us. Or is intelligence only the human > kind? > > Cheers, > Mark > > On Feb 6, 2010, at 9:00 PM, markhsmit wrote: > >> Hi John, >> Interesting that you would use a theistic concept to dismiss theism. >> If atheist is the belief that there is no deity, it cannot exist >> without theism, thus approving of it. It is maybe like two sides >> of the same coin. What about the coin itself? > > > mark, john, > > Here is the definition I like: Atheists are people who believe that god or > gods > (or other supernatural beings) are man-made constructs, myths and legends > or who believe that these concepts are not meaningful. > > It has nothing to do with exist or not exist, but finding 'god' a pattern > that is > not meaningful. > > > Marsha > > > > > > > ___ > > > Moq_Discuss mailing list > Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. > http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org > Archives: > http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ > http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/ > > > Moq_Discuss mailing list > Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. > http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org > Archives: > http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ > http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/ ___ Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
