[MD] Terry Eagleton's God Delusion

[david buchanan]

David M said:
'God' as a word for the source of all possibilities is well covered in 
Sneddon's thesis on Whitehead & Pirsig, it's simple stuff really, I'm sure 
you can grasp it.

dmb says:
It may be simple to read a master's thesis (although that's debatable) but 
it would consume many hours of my time. One would think, if it is so simple 
and easy to grasp, that you would have simply answered my question.

David M said:
I think Whitehead's analysis of the distinction possible/actual is key to 
expanding what Pirsig says about static/dynamic. The physicist Shimon Malin 
thinks Whitehead's approach is the ideal one for making sense of quantum 
theory, the connections to Pirsig are obvious if you look at the chapters
in this: ...

dmb says:
Process philosophy and quantum theory expands Pirsig dq/sq split. Just a few 
chapters and I'll see all this and its relation to Whitehead's 
possible/actual distinction? Oh yea, that sounds real simple. And again, 
this would take hours at least.

If you have an answer to my question, that's fine. But I have way more than 
enough to read already. I'll ask you (again) to refrain from giving me 
homework instead of straight talk. If the concept has meaning, then it can 
be explained. I suspect no explanations have been offered for that reason. I 
mean, it looks like your (second) non-answer is just another evasion. If 
there are so many interesting connections, wouldn't all the readers gain 
something from it and isn't that the point of a forum like this one?

Why is it getting any kind of coherent thought from you is like pulling 
teeth? Why would you tell somebody that the answer is simple and then not 
simply give it? Maybe I should try to be compassionate about it because 
you're not capable for some reason, but I'm not. This philosophical 
impotence only makes me angry. Its just more of the vagueness and 
abstraction I was complaining about in the first place. And the 
condescending attitude doesn't help either.

Thanks for nothing,
dmb

_________________________________________________________________
Mortgage rates as low as 4.625% - Refinance $150,000 loan for $579 a month. 
Intro*Terms  
https://www2.nextag.com/goto.jsp?product=100000035&url=%2fst.jsp&tm=y&search=mortgage_text_links_88_h27f6&disc=y&vers=743&s=4056&p=5117