God is simple, not complex

[prometheus11]

Who is doing the evading here? What is the "issue"? if the parties are just talking past each other?

Please Reread my posts about the post to ascertain this information. Or ignore it. Or ignore it with immature labeling and ad hominem.

 

[Reflex]

'Nuff said.

I think I just answered my own question about "Alan": last initial, "W."

 

[Willamena]

Please Reread my posts about the post to ascertain this information. Or ignore it. Or ignore it with immature labeling and ad hominem.

It's only ad hominem if an argument is cast with it.

 

[prometheus11]

It's only ad hominem if an argument is cast with it.

Correct. Do you think he was calling a member an idiot just to do it or was it an extension of his dismissal of the post?

 

[Gambit]

No offense, but Merriam-Webster is a excellent source of Americanism.

I not only cited Merriam-Webster, but also the Oxford Dictionary. In the English speaking world, the term "God" implies monotheism while the term "god" implies polytheism. (I understand why atheists use the term "god" to refer to "God." They do it to be disrespectful. However, they are not only being disrespectful; they are also being grammatically incorrect.)

 

[prometheus11]

I not only cited Merriam-Webster, but also the Oxford Dictionary. In the English speaking world, the term "God" implies monotheism while the term "god" implies polytheism. (I understand why atheists use the term "god" to refer to "God." They do it to be disrespectful. However, they are not only being disrespectful; they are also being grammatically incorrect.)

Why is it such a bid deal?

Sometimes when I type "god" I do it to remind the believer that there are many gods believed in by humans. Theres is just one ideation.

 

[outhouse]

Three books that I recommend are:
God Without Parts by James E. Dolezal
The Last Superstition by Edward Feser
The Experience of God by David Bentley Hart

These are not credible books on the subject

They are all apologist with an axe to grind

 

[outhouse]

Scholastic Metaphysics, also by Feser, is subtitled A Contemporary Introduction and is more difficult, but it makes many of the same points--none of which atheist posters have addressed.

There is nothing to address here.


Nor have you brought these argument here to be addressed

 

[outhouse]

True. But "Mind can never hope to grasp the concept of an Absolute without attempting first to break the unity of such a reality

What if your absolute is imagination, and or mythology?

In that case we actually grasp it quite well, thank you.

 

[Willamena]

...the term "God" implies monotheism while the term "god" implies polytheism. (I understand why atheists use the term "god" to refer to "God." They do it to be disrespectful. However, they are not only being disrespectful; they are also being grammatically incorrect.)

It's not disrespect, but practicality. We need some word to reference gods in general.

 

[outhouse]

It has already been explained to you that "God" (with an upper case "G") is not some being of a particular class. God is not merely a being among other beings. But if you disagree, then we will have to agree to disagree.

It is theistic nitpicking

You know what we are talking about.

 

[prometheus11]

It is theistic nitpicking

You know what we are talking about.

Agreed. The objective is to convey as much information as possible in as few words as possible while maintaining readability and clarity.

I will continue to use God, to mean "one supreme being," and god to mean "one of many beings given the title by believers" (whether or not the believer recognizes others who claim that their god is God without competition for the title).

 

[Gambit]

Why is it such a bid deal?

Because we must agree on the meaning of words if we want to verbally communicate with other. The term "God" is employed in reference to monotheism; the term "god" is employed in reference to polytheism.

 

[prometheus11]

Because we must agree on the meaning of words if we want to verbally communicate with other. The term "God" is employed in reference to monotheism; the term "god" is employed in reference to polytheism.

That can be established in the course of debate. Do you see any problems with my procedure as laid out in my previous post?

 

[Willamena]

Agreed. The objective is to convey as much information as possible in as few words as possible while maintaining readability and clarity.

I will continue to use God, to mean "one supreme being," and god to mean "one of many beings given the title by believers" (whether or not the believer recognizes others who claim that their god is God without competition for the title).

The thing is, once you realize "one supreme being," you realize there can be no others.

 

[Gambit]

It's not disrespect, but practicality. We need some word to reference gods in general.

We have a word to reference the gods, the term is "gods." We also have a word to reference God, the term is "God." (This is not difficult.)

 

[prometheus11]

The thing is, once you realize "one supreme being," you realize there can be no others.

It's perspectively defined, yes. That's why I sometimes use "god" with a believer who only considers his own God. It reminds him that others have an opinion of their own God that contradicts their own.

 

[Willamena]

We have a word to reference the gods, the term is "gods." We also have a word to reference God, the term is "God." (This is not difficult.)

Indeed.

 

[Willamena]

It's perspectively defined, yes. That's why I sometimes use "god" with a believer who only considers his own God. It reminds him that others have an opinion of their own God that contradicts their own.

I just use "god" all the time now. It's an extra key-stroke to capitalize it.

 

[outhouse]

The term "God" is employed in reference to monotheism; the term "god" is employed in reference to polytheism.

Can you supply a link to source said definition?


You opened up a can of worms sir because the Abrahamic god originated in polytheism.


Do you think the monotheistic god is more credible then those of polytheism, and thus it needs its own special little capitol "G" ?