Subj : A 1st try....
To   : Todd Henson
From : John Wilson
Date : Tue Oct 31 2000 06:08 am

-=> TODD HENSON wrote to FRANK MASINGILL <=-

 > ... That is why when I
 > hear the Divine Ground of existence that we experience in
 > consciousness being talked about as an "existing thing" I think I am
 > hearing something strange indeed...


 TH> What is strange is your continued resistance to actually
 TH> answering questions that have arisen
 TH> around this very thing. What do you mean by God being
 TH> non-existent? If He doesn't exist, then
 TH> how can He be more than a mere figment of the mind?

 I'll attempt. The word exist is used, I believe in two senses:
 A `thing' exists.

 There's God, there's a tree....

 God does not exist in that way/sense.

 A way of saying `God' transcends `existance'

 ...and a human's ability to understand/comprehend/explain.

 "God's thoughts are not your thoughts"....

 Just, as I said, an attempt...











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