Yes, this thread represents a hypothesis, so to speak, relative to another thread of mine, which you may find here:
http://www.ilovephilosophy.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=154957
Otherwise, this thread begins with a simple statement:
Hegel was an atheist.
Discuss - and may the ‘rules’ fuck off: I predict this will be as fruitful a thread as any, assuming the board has both the inclination and knowledge to have the discussion …
you bet.
-Imp
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Hegel may, like Spinoza, seen as somene who uses ‘God’ to his own purpose. Spinoza wanted to elevate nature from randomness and called it God, Hegel did thst with mind, or spirit.
Both men certainly did not believe in a God who oversees everyhing, let alone in one with a moral judgement.
Spinoza (a bit like Descartes) needs him as some sort of “ground” a matrix for the actual physical universe to base itself in
Krossie