[MD] Theism/epistemology

[Michael Poloukhine]

> [Michael]
> Sounds to me a lot like suggesting to speak of "g*d" instead of
> "God"   ;-P
> 
> [Arlo]
> Don't confuse The Void with any "god pattern" (replacing the "o" with an
> asterik does not change anything). "God" or "g*d" are just faces of the The
> Void, patterns of response to human experience.

MP: I got that, but it doesn't address my point about Pirsig's "indeterminant 
divine." What is theism, in that moment before culture grabs a hold of g*d and 
downgrades it anything other than belief there is an "indeterminant divine"?