Thursday, May 06, 2010

Response to Dawkins' Argument that the Various Culturally Specific Experiences of God are Proof that there is no God

Richard Dawkins: If Science Worked Like Religion

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYigmGyN2RQ

His argument is analogous to saying: If white light passes through green glass and looks green when it comes through, it is proof that there never was white light.

Of course the direct experience of God is filtered through our minds, which are shaped by our cultures.
The direct experience of God would obliterate us.

Furthermore, the name Elohim is equal in value to the Hebrew word HaTeva, which means nature in and of itself. The name is plural because when God takes on the forms of nature, It presents Itself as multifarious.

Our cultures are our collective responses to our interactions with nature appropriate to how nature, that is God taking on the trappings of nature, presents Itself to us.

Therefore, it is God, taking on the form of nature, that determines our cultures and our forms of consciousness and therefore our understanding and specific experiences of God.


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