Via Negativa "Negative Theology" or the "Negative Way", says that God is beyond comprehension and thus not suited to language which attatches to God any positive characteristics. Thus, one can only speak about God by saying what God is not. Even saying This is found in many traditions, from Christianity to Hinduism, mostly mystical traditions based on direct experience of some ineffible, boundless phenomena within. Some of these mystics say that using the word "God" implies more than one can say (or using the word "theology"), and they make clear that the idea such a God exists or does not exist is too reductive. Since this is reportedly an experience, and there are cross cultural reports of these experiences, it fits the definition of "objectively substantiated" found in all of the humanities (see "soft objectivity"). What do you think?
2007-01-16
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