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"God is not the name of God, but an opinion about Him."
- Thread starter Sunstone
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What characterizes a "subjective approach" to theism? I'm not quite clear on what you mean by that.
IsaiahX
Ape That Loves
That your opinion of God takes greater authority than His name when it comes to determining His character. That God is who you believe Him to be.
God is a descriptive noun, nor an opinion of Him?, and not a name. From the perspective of the Baha'i Faith the Source some call God(s) does not have a name nor gender.
PureX
Veteran Member
Our conception of a thing (or phenomena, or whatever) is not the thing, itself. It's just our way of perceiving/conceiving of it from what little of it we have managed to comprehend. But good luck trying to get most people to recognize and understand the difference.
The problem is you. What is your opinion for the God you call Him?
Shadow Link
Active Member
"Immutable essence"
Do you think that's true?
IsaiahX
Ape That Loves
Personally, no.
Earthling
David Henson
Well, it's true. No god that I can think of was named God. A god is any one or anything that is considered mighty or is venerated. It's that simple. So, being a God is dependent upon the worshiper. If no one worshiped Jehovah then Jehovah would be no one's god.
It depends a great deal upon one's religion.
I know many Christians who call their god by the name of "God".
Firemorphic
Activist Membrane
This is absolutely true!
Upon that (whether Abrahamic or Dharmic or other) there are hundreds of names upon the general name, that we use to refer and connect with God.
Upon that (whether Abrahamic or Dharmic or other) there are hundreds of names upon the general name, that we use to refer and connect with God.
Earthling
David Henson
I don't agree. Like I said, I don't know of any god of any religion that goes by the name of God. The God of the Christians is Jehovah, though most don't know this. He is called God, as he is God, the one God above all other gods. Much of the confusion in that particular case has to do with the Scribes removing God's name and replacing it with the generic term LORD.
Clearly, some have names other than or in addition to "God".
But if some name their god "God", then I accept this name.
Whether they're right or wrong would be for their god to say,
not for mere mortals.
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Earthling
David Henson
Okay. But, hypothetically, what if a king who's name was David and sometimes they called him King? Is that a name? King? The Christians, for example, have a Lord, Jesus Christ. Sometimes they call him Lord. That isn't his name though, just as Christ isn't his name. These are descriptive titles.
Cooky
Veteran Member
God is the Germanic term for the Jewish "Yaweh" or the Christian "Father".
(PIE is Proto-Indo-European~
Proto-Indo-European language - Wikipedia)
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It would be up to the person applying the name whether it's the proper name or a title.
Further complicating matters, there can be multiple names, titles & monikers.
Thus, I find it perilous to say that something about names absolutely cannot be.
Earthling
David Henson
You really think so? That's interesting to me. Odd, but interesting. Okay, well, that's your opinion, and I gave mine and there you have it.