Ham and Craig, Here's a place for the concept of "codependent arising" if I ever saw one. Is it at all possible to imagine a creator without any creation? I'd say not. Therefore it seems to me, that those who are most vociferous about the existence of God, are actually arguing for the existence of themselves.
John On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 9:49 PM, Ham Priday <hampd...@verizon.net> wrote: > > On Friday, 1/14/11 at 9:34 PM, Craig craig...@comcast.net wrote: > > > [Ham] >> >>> Agnosticism concerning the primary source amounts to >>> nihilism, since if you don't believe in a creator, >>> how can you believe in the illusion it creates? >>> >> >> IMHO the concept of a creator doesn't have much >> explanatory power, since a creator cannot create itself. >> > > Your assertion is based on the cause-and-effect precept of finitude in > space/time which, in metaphysical ontogency, leads to the paradox of > infinite regression. The Absolute Source does not "create itself". Essence > is uncreated, unconditional, and immutable. > > Essentially speaking, > Ham > 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/md/archives.html > 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/md/archives.html
