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Originally posted by firstfloor View PostIt seems to be a matter of what you think God is.
Originally posted by firstfloor View PostThe sense of the divine is a real human emotion.
If you want to stick the "God" label on somebody's emotion, I can't stop you, but I'm not obliged to mimic you, either.
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Originally posted by robrecht View PostJohn Scottus Eriugena, one of my favorite theologians, would agree with you!
Eriugena was briefly mentioned in the Intro to Philosophy course I took about 10 years ago, but his name never came up again in any subsequent course I took. I'm afraid I can't remember a thing the textbook said about him.
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Originally posted by Doug Shaver View PostSounds like some version of apophatic theology. I think I understand it, but it still doesn't quite compute for me.
Eriugena was briefly mentioned in the Intro to Philosophy course I took about 10 years ago, but his name never came up again in any subsequent course I took. I'm afraid I can't remember a thing the textbook said about him.Last edited by robrecht; 02-14-2014, 12:19 PM.אָכֵ֕ן אַתָּ֖ה אֵ֣ל מִסְתַּתֵּ֑ר אֱלֹהֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל מוֹשִֽׁיעַ׃
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Thanks for the link. That was fascinating.
That Intro course I mentioned was essentially a historical survey, sort of an introduction to all the major thinkers from Thales to the postmodernists. The textbook was only 436 pages, including glossary and index, so you can imagine how much good stuff had to be left out. It has to say something about Eriugena that he made that sort of cut.
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