tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425732352511468694.post6314718200157750237..comments2023-08-20T04:55:39.436-07:00Comments on Ars Psychiatrica: Concerning Natural ReligionNovalishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10501890494890617030noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425732352511468694.post-85074781340440843872010-08-01T18:22:40.844-07:002010-08-01T18:22:40.844-07:00Brings to mind Borges and metaphysics as a genre o...Brings to mind Borges and metaphysics as a genre of fiction...Novalishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10501890494890617030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425732352511468694.post-48216491141926256872010-08-01T02:19:36.112-07:002010-08-01T02:19:36.112-07:00Civilisation would never have gained traction with...Civilisation would never have gained traction without ideological friction. The dynamic flows of oppositional currents make for a well seasoned humanity; never perfectly balanced from a single perspective, but from a 'god's' eye view, all the flavour components are sufficiently represented.<br /><br />Actually, the uncertainty of God's existence and the inaccessibility of absolute knowability thereof doesn't bother me. It's not even a vague possibility that we could somehow gain absolute knowledge. But it is fun to speculate. Therein lies the essence of what the point of belief is: a ball in a game neither here nor there, always in contention, always in the process of becoming. It's all us.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425732352511468694.post-80570055286730982732010-07-31T10:15:00.599-07:002010-07-31T10:15:00.599-07:00There is no God, no religion, no moral life withou...There is no God, no religion, no moral life without the capacity for considering alternatives that inevitably entail oppositions. Human civilization rests upon language acquisition and the associated mental faculties underpinning awareness other than the far more immediate subjectivity we attribute to most non-human animals.<br /><br />Belief in God requires a theory of mind which itself rests implicitly on the capacity to perceive alternatives to my own subjective experience. The knowledge of good and evil also rests on this capacity for binary self/object awareness. The capacity to believe in God is so intertwined with me and not me, good and evil, alternatives and oppositions, that it is difficult conceive of God apart from the human conflicts existing in the realm of good me/bad me v. good object/bad object.Dr Xhttp://drx.typepad.comnoreply@blogger.com