My reasoning for saying that is as follows. The brain can reflect the universe out side the brain. It makes a little universe. Now in that refelected universe I am king. So given the reflection has a king the real universe must also have a king/God
"Thoughts" and The concept of God
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Pantheism includes all the things that happen,all events . Your fantasy is an event that happened. But what your fantasy of God was about has no referent . If you claim that your thought of God has a referent you need to be able to point to the referent.
The myth of Christ points to a referent for God in the person of Jesus Christ.
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Belindi wrote: ↑January 20th, 2019, 7:27 pmPantheism includes all the things that happen,all events . Your fantasy is an event that happened. But what your fantasy of God was about has no referent . If you claim that your thought of God has a referent you need to be able to point to the referent.
The myth of Christ points to a referent for God in the person of Jesus Christ.
"Pantheism includes all the things that happen,all events" this is true, but a person comes to know this via the events they experiance personnally. From these they infere there is more happening out side of them.
"Your fantasy is an event that happened. But what your fantasy of God was about has no referent ."
All I am saying is a person comes to believe in Pantheism or anything else by refelecting on their own existence in relation to other things that they believe also exist. All these are collectively "thoughts". I dont think I understand what you mean by that statement? If you mean that a person needs to have a reference to show others on what they have come to know about God that is true. However what I am talking about is comming to such a conslusion in the first place.
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You defined Pantheism as "Pantheism includes all the things that happen,all events"
From that do you mean its all the events that have ever happened in the universe and will ever happen in the universe?
If so, in regards to an individual that person would know only a subset of those events that take place in their life. Do you agree
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Yes, I agree.Fdesilva wrote: ↑January 21st, 2019, 9:52 pmYou defined Pantheism as "Pantheism includes all the things that happen,all events"
From that do you mean its all the events that have ever happened in the universe and will ever happen in the universe?
If so, in regards to an individual that person would know only a subset of those events that take place in their life. Do you agree
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Ok so all I am saying is that the discoverer or inventor of Pantheism would have done so using their subset. In this subset they would see themselves as different to rocks or immaterial things. Based on their understanding of the "me" they would have concluded there is a "me" or God across all events that's is even the ones they does not enter their mind.Belindi wrote: ↑January 22nd, 2019, 7:18 amYes, I agree.Fdesilva wrote: ↑January 21st, 2019, 9:52 pm
You defined Pantheism as "Pantheism includes all the things that happen,all events"
From that do you mean its all the events that have ever happened in the universe and will ever happen in the universe?
If so, in regards to an individual that person would know only a subset of those events that take place in their life. Do you agree
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Yes, I agreeFdesilva wrote: ↑January 23rd, 2019, 10:29 pmOk so all I am saying is that the discoverer or inventor of Pantheism would have done so using their subset. In this subset they would see themselves as different to rocks or immaterial things. Based on their understanding of the "me" they would have concluded there is a "me" or God across all events that's is even the ones they does not enter their mind.
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