01-15-2008, 12:00 AM
Thanks Bob,
It's an honor to talk with you. For me, monotheism is reflective of the human ego, and is not represented in nature.
there are at least two forms of reasoning against monotheism, the first being from within monotheism, and the second from the outside looking in.
In the parlance of comparitive religions, the religions of "the book" are said to be "revealed". It might be more accurate to say "necessarily revealed".
That is, without the revelation from deity, there can be no recognition of the deity. This is usually considered to be a logical inference from the assumption that man and nature are fallen.
It is written that "the heavens declare his handywork" but earthly nature is fallen. You cannot deduce God (capital "G") from nature. He must be revealed through middlemen.
Then, looking from the outside in, there is the fascist tendency of monotheism, born of the idea that a single truth rules over everything.
It is like the ultimate Republican government. Republicans like small governments. Maybe they'd like a VERY small government with just one person (or being) in charge of everything. It works for Islam.
I hope I don't seem argumentative.
Order, within itself, may not infer intelligence, and even if it should, why would it infer only one intelligence?
It's an honor to talk with you. For me, monotheism is reflective of the human ego, and is not represented in nature.
there are at least two forms of reasoning against monotheism, the first being from within monotheism, and the second from the outside looking in.
In the parlance of comparitive religions, the religions of "the book" are said to be "revealed". It might be more accurate to say "necessarily revealed".
That is, without the revelation from deity, there can be no recognition of the deity. This is usually considered to be a logical inference from the assumption that man and nature are fallen.
It is written that "the heavens declare his handywork" but earthly nature is fallen. You cannot deduce God (capital "G") from nature. He must be revealed through middlemen.
Then, looking from the outside in, there is the fascist tendency of monotheism, born of the idea that a single truth rules over everything.
It is like the ultimate Republican government. Republicans like small governments. Maybe they'd like a VERY small government with just one person (or being) in charge of everything. It works for Islam.
I hope I don't seem argumentative.
Order, within itself, may not infer intelligence, and even if it should, why would it infer only one intelligence?