tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11516215.post6727443762737187995..comments2024-03-18T11:13:57.904-07:00Comments on Metacrock's Blog: Being Does So have to be, Answering BlowflyJoseph Hinman (Metacrock)http://www.blogger.com/profile/06957529748541493998noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11516215.post-52180367986800990352009-10-01T15:27:07.161-07:002009-10-01T15:27:07.161-07:00Some thoughts that occurred to me after digesting ...Some thoughts that occurred to me after digesting the whole post-- about "being having depth." To me that seems to be about the spiritual side of Being, if I may put it that way. <br /><br />Tillich said:<br /><br />"The name of infinite and inexhaustible depth and ground of our being is God. That depth is what the word God means. And if that word has not much meaning for you, translate it, and speak of the depths of your life, of the source of your being, of your ultimate concern, of what you take seriously without any reservation."<br /><br />If we were not to use the word "God," what would most people say is their "ultimate concern," or that which they "take seriously without any reservation"? I think it would be "love." But if there is no spiritual dimension to life, if all there is or can be is the physical, then love itself has no depth-- it is only a series of chemical impulses within the brain. And yet does any human manage to live as if he or she really believed that was so?<br /><br />And if the spiritual does exist-- where does it come from, and why does it exist? A sophisticated theology might say that "Love" is more than a feeling; it is the root and ground of spiritual being; it is what causes the spiritual to be. When one has done that, then one has postulated that which is usually called "God" or "the Divine." <br /> <br />If there is a God, then all versions of the "ultimate reality" are speaking of the same thing. And to seek this is to take our "ultimate concern" seriously-- to agree, as Tillich put it, that "being has depth."Kristenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08252374623355509404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11516215.post-86671303150554623182009-09-25T21:39:08.976-07:002009-09-25T21:39:08.976-07:00thanks.It's unfortunate becuase they will neve...thanks.It's unfortunate becuase they will never know. anything that requires any real thought atheist will stay well away from.Joseph Hinman (Metacrock)https://www.blogger.com/profile/06957529748541493998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11516215.post-377840579103801272009-09-25T20:19:15.000-07:002009-09-25T20:19:15.000-07:00This is really good but really dense (lots of conc...This is really good but really dense (lots of concepts), Metacrock. I'm reading through it, but slowly. I'll try to make more comments when I'm done. <br /><br />KristenKristenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08252374623355509404noreply@blogger.com