i didnt think that god was a concrete entity but i just read this on a website:
There are various entities which, if they exist, would be candidates for necessary beings: God, propositions, relations, properties, states of affairs, possible worlds, and numbers, among others. Note that the first entity in this list is a concrete entity, while the rest are abstract entities.[2] Many interesting philosophical questions arise when one inquires about necessary beings: What makes it the case that they exist necessarily?
and now im confused - i thought god would be an abstract entity.
2007-06-19 08:49:38 · 7 answers · asked by me:) 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
oh i see now - so it's a matter of opinion =]
ping 'light bulb' moment =]
2007-06-19 09:00:22 · update #1
You are correct. Can you touch god? Smell him? See him? No. He is abstract/fictional.
The person who wrote that is a believer in god. This seems to have tainted their logic in making this determination.
2007-06-19 08:56:54 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
It bears mention that the article you are quoting is not referring to ANY god, but just a very specific kind of god.
This one specific kind of god is imagined to be the greatest of all great things, and by the various arguments used to construct it, then yes, IF it exists (and corresponds to the arguments) it absolutely MUST be a physical, concrete entity.
However, all those arguments are generally flawed in the extreme. I can recall refuting each of them of different occasions. If you want to pick specific arguments that supposedly support this entity, we'll be happy to point out exactly where they're screwed up. If you like.
Other gods - if they exist - MAY be abstract entities. The bias your article has is not acknowledging these options. I expected a little better from Stanford.
2007-06-19 18:08:00 · answer #2 · answered by Doctor Why 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I reject any notion that implies the possibility of anything existing as a separate entity from what we call the 'universe'. Even the imagined idea of 'you' isn't possible in the reality of this living universe.
You are only restating what you've been told and now have two conflicting beliefs. Both are garbage. There is no belief system that will give you any answers that can help you understand this universe. Dead ideas cannot touch a living universe.
2007-06-19 16:17:30 · answer #3 · answered by @@@@@@@@ 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
If there is a God, then he is concrete because he has traditionally exercised his powers to perform miracles such as the flood, the destruction of sodom and gommorrah, and to speak to certain people. The concreteness of those actions reflects his own concreteness. If there is no god then of course he is just an abstract idea.
But is concrete an entity to God? Ha Ha jus playin. but seriously
2007-06-19 16:05:56 · answer #4 · answered by alex d 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
God is real and so is concrete. To make concrete, add water to cement and aggregate (rocks, pebbles, etc.). To seek God, pray and repent.
2007-06-19 15:58:13 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
More like gravel. You can tell by the voice.
2007-06-19 20:44:07 · answer #6 · answered by canron4peace 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just cement, actually.
2007-06-19 16:00:22 · answer #7 · answered by Jari 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋