I was listening to a Rollins lecture the other day, in which he comments that Kant suggests both theism and atheism can be persuaded. There are conceivable arguments for the classic understanding of the existence of God and conceivable arguments that suggest otherwise.
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Kant observed both camps are reasonable in their conceivable arguments. But how can this be since both seem diametrically opposed?
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This is where a nondualistic understanding of the divine (or lack thereof) comes into play. The divine’s existence is not something to be argued for nor against.
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The divine presence (and the lack of presence) is to simply be experienced.
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I understand this misconflates the classical understandings of theism and atheism; however, many do not actually find themselves within these rigid and dualistic understandings.
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The experience of the divine’s presence and absence is what makes the Christian faith particularly compelling.
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In this tradition, it is committed that the experience of the divine’s presence and absence *will* be held together.
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The gospel writers do not try to explain away the tension of presence and absence of God that Jesus experiences upon the cross.
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The writers, themselves, must have experienced the presence and absence of God that Jesus also experienced; therefore, they were committed to highlighting this in one of the core moments of the Christ event.
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These are some of the thoughts that harbor my mind when thinking about (a)theism. Do you find yourself to also be an (a)theist? How do you experience (a)theism?
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There’s also St. John of the Cross’s Dark Night of the Soul which expounds on this. Oddly enough, Krishnamurti does as well IIRC in his “The Ending of Time”.
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