tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6786565.post3220288322135408858..comments2023-12-17T16:13:06.670-05:00Comments on In a Godward direction: Thought for 07.11.10Tobias Stanislas Haller BSGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08047429477181560685noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6786565.post-31694964004914725702010-07-12T09:47:37.035-05:002010-07-12T09:47:37.035-05:00JCF, I came across an article recently, and now ca...JCF, I came across an article recently, and now can't remember the author, who suggested that by even raising the question of God's existence one is getting in to the Hitchens and Dawkins sorts of folks who think of God in a premodern sense and then debunk God.Tobias Stanislas Haller BSGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08047429477181560685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6786565.post-11441114698177221762010-07-11T23:16:08.616-05:002010-07-11T23:16:08.616-05:00About 15 years ago, I found an unpacking of That Q...About 15 years ago, I found an unpacking of That Question (IIRC, by Gabriel Moran) which similarly pointed out its nonsensicality. Again IIRC, something like "Existence means 'to stand out separately from the background'. So does God <i>exist</i>? Of course not!"<br /><br />In this sense, it seems to me that "Evil exists" in a way that God does <i>not</i>. How could "God" be God, if "God" were not BIGGER/BEYOND "the background"?JCFnoreply@blogger.com