05 May '12 15:35>1 edit
A thread title bound to get attention.
And it actually fits.
Googling on "metaphors we live by" "god as a metaphor" lakoff I get 2 hits. One is
http://www.thinkbuddha.org/article/432/on-not-debating-the-existence-of-god
So judging by the url I am in trouble already, according to some here.
It is a fairly short read, I think worthwhile for those catching their breath between debating rounds on this forum.
A quote:
"Arguments about God are not a way of proving or disproving the question of his existence so much as a way of demonstrating that if one believes in God, then that belief is [sic] can be rationally defended, that it is in harmony with reason. And this is a whole other thing.
"If certain forms of belief may be (who knows?) in harmony with reason, so may certain forms of unbelief. But what I think is more important than reason as an end in itself, is the question of what constitutes a life well-lived."
end quote
Of course, some say that a life well lived is indicated entirely by where one ends up after its earthly moments are over.
And it actually fits.
Googling on "metaphors we live by" "god as a metaphor" lakoff I get 2 hits. One is
http://www.thinkbuddha.org/article/432/on-not-debating-the-existence-of-god
So judging by the url I am in trouble already, according to some here.
It is a fairly short read, I think worthwhile for those catching their breath between debating rounds on this forum.
A quote:
"Arguments about God are not a way of proving or disproving the question of his existence so much as a way of demonstrating that if one believes in God, then that belief is [sic] can be rationally defended, that it is in harmony with reason. And this is a whole other thing.
"If certain forms of belief may be (who knows?) in harmony with reason, so may certain forms of unbelief. But what I think is more important than reason as an end in itself, is the question of what constitutes a life well-lived."
end quote
Of course, some say that a life well lived is indicated entirely by where one ends up after its earthly moments are over.