Monotheists, polytheists, etc. The clear majority of people who purport to believe in Gods in the world purport to see them as agents. Defining God as some abstract phenomena that exists is just vacuous wordplay.
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Replying to @Intrinsic29
I don't follow. What do you suppose he's attempting to do here? Are you reading this as an attempt at theology? I don't think it is.
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Replying to @danlistensto @Intrinsic29
He's asserting a Necessary Meta-radicalism- just like the postmodernists, coincidentally. In *his* jargon, "faith" or "foundation" is his god. So: I'd call it theology.
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Replying to @averykimball @Intrinsic29
I don't know what Necessary Meta-radicalism means. Google didn't help much. I haven't seen the term used elsewhere. I can accept that this is a variety of theology, but not done in the manner of a priest, or any authority figure. I really think it's just psychology though.
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Replying to @danlistensto @Intrinsic29
Yeah, but *he's* the one tangling up psychology and theology. "God" is the assumptions you make, and the implicit theories you reason with? Come on, Peterson.
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Replying to @averykimball @Intrinsic29
how about "God is the organizing principle of creation" combined with "your own mind is part of creation"?
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I'm not saying I agree with this. I'm saying that picking apart 280 character limit utterances requires us to be a little more charitable about possible communicative intent.
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Replying to @danlistensto @averykimball
This isn't a one-off thing. He tweets about this stuff a lot and I've spent probably 20 hours now listening to his debates and lectures.
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Replying to @Intrinsic29 @averykimball
why? it seems to really upset and annoy you.
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Replying to @danlistensto @averykimball
I spend almost all my time on Twitter arguing against what I think are bad ideas. It's a hobby.
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you do you. coffee break's over. nice chatting with you.
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