[MD] Who am I?

[David M]

Hi Steve

That would be a leap to a question that would require
much that does not seem to be readily available to us.
I think Feuerbach might say that religion is an answer
we have constructed to answer that question, and to
understand the question it we need to look how we
have constructed it this human conception.
Does that help?

David M


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Stephen Hannon" <stevehannon at gmail.com>
To: <moq_discuss at moqtalk.org>
Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2008 8:28 PM
Subject: Re: [MD] Who am I?


> Hi David,
>
> How did man receive his characteristics then?
>
> Peace,
> Steve
>
> On Wed, Jul 9, 2008 at 3:23 PM, David M <davidint at blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
>> 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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