Gary R., Phyllis, List: Peirce did have this to say about prayer.
CSP: We, one and all of us, have an instinct to pray; and this fact constitutes an invitation from God to pray. And in fact there is found to be not only *soulagement *in prayer, but great spiritual good and moral strength. I do not see why prayer may not be efficacious, or if not the prayer exactly, the state of mind of which the prayer is nothing more than the expression, namely the soul's consciousness of its relation to God, which is nothing more than precisely the pragmatistic meaning of the name of God; so that, in that sense, prayer is simply calling upon the name of the Lord. (CP 6.516, c. 1906) Regards, Jon Alan Schmidt - Olathe, Kansas, USA Structural Engineer, Synechist Philosopher, Lutheran Christian www.LinkedIn.com/in/JonAlanSchmidt - twitter.com/JonAlanSchmidt On Wed, Sep 8, 2021 at 6:46 PM Gary Richmond <gary.richm...@gmail.com> wrote: > Phyllis, List, > > PC: As I recall, Peirce said nothing about worship, devotion or heaven or > hell. > > GR: I think this is basically correct, although he does speak of a simple, > natural belief open to the humblest man or woman; he hasn't much good to > say about most theologians, however, as it is they who confuse simple faith > with, for example, notions of heaven and hell, etc. > > PC: His take on God was based on the conduct of human behavior. > > The conduct of a great man's behavior is offered by Peirce as a rough > analogy to God. But the last of the 1898 Lectures, for example there are > others) can be seen to position his idea of God within a vast cosmological > context. > > Best, > > Gary R > > “Let everything happen to you > Beauty and terror > Just keep going > No feeling is final” > ― Rainer Maria Rilke > *Gary Richmond* > *Philosophy and Critical Thinking* > *Communication Studies* > *LaGuardia College of the City University of New York* >
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