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“In this book, Bishop and Perszyk argue that the Abrahamic faiths of Christianity, Judaism, and Islam ought to conceive of God not as a personal mind, a conscious mind, but as cosmic purpose, as an impersonal drive towards the good. Anglophone analytic philosophers have become used to thinking of God as some big mind – Richard Swinburne, for example, is very clear that this is his conception of God – but that might be a historical idiosyncrasy. Aquinas thought that God was beyond human categories. Although we talk of God as having knowledge and power, this is an analogy to help us understand the nature of God, but God, in God’s own nature, is beyond these categories. They argue – in a way that’s reminiscent of the ‘new atheist’ Christopher Hitchens – that it’s inappropriate to worship a cosmic dictator… Why would we worship this big mind just because it’s really powerful? Even if it is benevolent, it seems inappropriate to worship it.” Read more...
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Philip Goff, Philosopher
