The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #132816   Message #3015563
Posted By: GUEST,Steamin' Willie
26-Oct-10 - 04:51 AM
Thread Name: BS: The 'moral' Atheist?
Subject: RE: BS: The 'moral' Atheist?
Methinks the term "God" is being used freely here.

If God is the old guy with the big beard who is displeased by individual humans, then please forgive me when I don't take you seriously.

If God is a metaphor for ultimate purpose, then properties of a bosun (to put a positive spin on things, sorry..) or properties of a dimension beyond the four we perceive could, I suppose, if nobody got too excited, be wrapped up in a bundle we call God until we have sufficient evidence to call it something else.

The problem is that the metaphor helps perpetuate the interventionist delusion we have crafted from ancient writings.