[MD] Who am I?

[David M]

Hi Steve

Because, I suspect, he has no where else to get them from
but him/herself.

DM

> Hi David,
>
>>From Wikipedia:
> "Feuerbach talks of how man is equally a conscious being, more so than
> God because man has placed upon God the ability of understanding."
>
> How did Feuerbach conclude that man placed characteristics upon God?
> I ask this because I agree with the three statements that follow in
> that paragraph, but I am curious how Feuerbach arrived at that
> original assumption.
>
> "Man contemplates many things and in doing so he becomes acquainted
> with himself. Feuerbach shows that in every aspect God corresponds to
> some feature or need of human nature. 'If man is to find contentment
> in God,' he claims, 'he must find himself in God.'"
>
> Any thoughts/direction?
>
> Peace,
> Stephen
>
> On Tue, Jul 8, 2008 at 4:20 PM, David M <davidint at blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
>>  Religion is consciousness of the infinite. Religion therefore is 
>> "nothing
>> else than the consciousness of the infinity of the consciousness; or, in 
>> the
>> consciousness of the infinite, the conscious subject has for his object 
>> the
>> infinity of his own nature."
>>
>> suggested Feuerbach, might we say that the MOQ is awareness of infinity?
>> Discuss.
>>
>> See Wiki:
>>
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwig_Feuerbach
>>
>>
>>
>> David M
>>
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