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Re: the nature of god » alexandra_k

Posted by Larry Hoover on August 31, 2004, at 7:58:52

In reply to the nature of god, posted by alexandra_k on August 28, 2004, at 19:16:33

> Berkeley thought that our true nature was that we are ideas in the mind of God. Freud suggested that God's true nature was that he was an idea in the mind of human beings.
>
> I have to say I go with Freud on this one, but thats if we are talking 'omni-god' where God is (by definition)
>
> (1) All powerful
> (2) All loving / benevolent
> (3) All good

I like what Heinlein said about God: "God is omnipotent, omniscient, and omnibenevolent. It says so, right on the label."

Lar

 

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