My turn:
Divine impassibility is not a lack of passion, but an eternally unshakeable, rational passion.
Your turn:
My turn:
Divine impassibility is not a lack of passion, but an eternally unshakeable, rational passion.
Your turn:
Impassibility may be defined as follows: āGod does not experience emotional changes either from within or effected by his relationship to creation.ā
Why, then, is he portrayed as regretting and flooding the world?
You are going to have to rethink impassibility, for one. This is a Philosophy forum. We do that here. Start over.
Two, the appropriate response is the impassible response. Especially if you understand God is both transcendent and immanent, capable of subsuming all change, rather than being in false dichotomy (contradiction) with it.
This thread is for you to post your own aphorism, but I appreciate that you are challenging mine. However, I prefer that all challenges also offer their own aphorism that sets the aphorism they are challenging straight and actually says something (the truth of reality in place of the challenged aphorism) rather than only presenting a counterpoint. Here, the best offense/defense is a good alternative (I might need more coffee right now).
It has to be YOUR aphorismā¦one you hold to be true.
A counter-obligatory imperative is no imperative at all.
ā Augustine of Hippo
(my translation, using deontic logic terms)
I sent a rocket to therapy. Now itās a guided missile.
When life gave me melons i realized i was dyslexic.
Thanks for getting my thread moved to non-philosophical chat, dorks ;^)
It was worth the laugh.
Creation is a fiction without which nothing would be true.
If everything is like everything else, and everything is entangled, then it is a different kind of meaninglessness than if everything is completely unrelated. Sense and nonsense.
A failure to see connections is just as much an impediment as seeing connections where they are not.
āunwittingly followingāā¦. aka⦠affirming
Hebrews 11:1 Hebrews 11:1 Now faith is the assurance of what we hope for and the certainty of what we do not see. (the Greek)
IOW: affirmation (red) is a more immediate confirmation, substantiation (blue) of what will be (yellow)
Divine hiddenness is not just mercy, itās logistics. What would you leave in and what would you leave out if you were Creator communicating to creatures still learning your language?
Plus, maybe they like to surprise people and expecting all of it at once spoils the surprise?
This explains why fundamentalist politics is so authoritarian and violent. It requires a passive electorate so it can spring its āsurprisesā on people.
The abomination that religions speak of is their own shadow, figuratively the other side of the coin, so that we end up with a dualistic deity that canāt decide whether to be compassionate or heartless.
Sounds a lot like Greek mythology.
OK, everyone, weāre gonna have to call off the surprise party for Bob.
Advaita Vedantists revere Jesusās Sermon on the Mount because they recognise its profound spiritual teachings, which echo the core principles of Vedanta, such as self-purification, renunciation, love and direct realisation of the divine within.
According to modern Vedantic interpreters such as Swami Prabhavananda, the Sermon is not just regarded as moral instruction, but also as a spiritual guide that encourages the awakening of divine consciousness. This awakening is central to Advaita Vedantaās teaching on realising oneās true nature as identical with Brahman, the ultimate reality. The Sermonās emphasis on humility, purity of heart, detachment from worldly possessions and the pursuit of righteousness resonates deeply with the ideals of Vedanta, which involves transcending the ego and manifesting the divine self.
According to Vedanta teachings, great spiritual teachers convey universal truths using language and imagery accessible to their followers, regardless of cultural or religious background. Thus, Jesus is seen as an enlightened teacher whose message aligns with the core principles of Vedantic philosophy, despite the differing frameworks.
In short, followers of Advaita Vedanta revere the Sermon on the Mount because they recognise an expression of universal spiritual truths about self-realisation, purity and union with the divine in it ā the same truths that Vedanta seeks to convey in its own way.