[MD] Who am I?

[David M]

Hi Steve

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David M


> Hi David,
>
> Yes that does help.  Feuerbach does allude to the fact that humans
> tell stories to explain things.  His story, that man placed
> characteristics upon God, I think actually deals with how humans can
> talk about a God whom we can't possibly know everything about nor
> describe very well.  The question: "How does man talk about God?"
> becomes more relevant here than "How did man receive his
> characteristics?"
>
> Peace,
> Steve
>
> On Fri, Jul 11, 2008 at 5:47 PM, David M <davidint at blueyonder.co.uk> 
> wrote:
>> 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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