I'm on the edge of my seat. I just have to make sure I don't think about propositions when I'm thinking about propositions. It only happens when I watch your videos for some reason.
I'm hung up on the idea that Taoism provides a more "monotheistic" religious perspective than any offering in Western thought. I view Taoism as a naturalistic sort of religion in which one's ultimate goal is to understand the nature of causation and reality. Dichotomy between good and bad is foreign to Taoism in exchange for an "all is one" mentality. Something frustrates me with Western language in examining religious perspectives... as though presuppositions abound.
@PianoIsTheRemedy Well said, Jeremy. I've been very influenced by Taoism; really a philosophy more than a religion. The Tao te Ching is relatively brief, but very dense with meaning. Wonderful poetry, and the different translations add alternate nuances. The Yin-Yang concept also relates to the duality/binary structure of our language as in Derrida's writing. Opposites seem to be an inherent structure for certain aspects of the universe to exist: dark/light, up/down, object/space, etc.
I love this stuff, man. Though I would love to see some examples/illustrations of the distance between this propositional style (?) of talking about "oughts" and our embodied conversational style (?) of talking about "oughts." That would be illuminating. And I'm honestly confused at to what you mean by "this claim of singularity only seems coherent if we hold it to a standard not commonly utilized in common speech?" Sounds like you're an ignostic here, but the rest of your videos make (cont'd)
Great! Makes much more sense now. I'm interested in how you'll cash out our use of metaphor here because, as a believer in Jesus, I've been trying to come to terms with how a trinitarian God could be *one.* And maybe some insight into how the concept of singularity could apply to God could help me out with that.
I know you're doing a linguistic analysis of a singular God, but it reminds me of something by Joseph Campbell: "God is a thought. God is a name. God is an idea. But its reference is to something that transcends all thinking. The ultimate mystery of being is beyond all categories of thought."
And in a Hermetic context, Alan Moore has said succinctly: "The IDEA of the god IS the god."
thank you i dont have anyone to have these kinds of discussions with i know i know its not a discussion but the way you presented it was in a way like a discussion
I'm on the edge of my seat. I just have to make sure I don't think about propositions when I'm thinking about propositions. It only happens when I watch your videos for some reason.
spasticmonastic 2 months ago
I'm hung up on the idea that Taoism provides a more "monotheistic" religious perspective than any offering in Western thought. I view Taoism as a naturalistic sort of religion in which one's ultimate goal is to understand the nature of causation and reality. Dichotomy between good and bad is foreign to Taoism in exchange for an "all is one" mentality. Something frustrates me with Western language in examining religious perspectives... as though presuppositions abound.
PianoIsTheRemedy 3 months ago
@PianoIsTheRemedy Well said, Jeremy. I've been very influenced by Taoism; really a philosophy more than a religion. The Tao te Ching is relatively brief, but very dense with meaning. Wonderful poetry, and the different translations add alternate nuances. The Yin-Yang concept also relates to the duality/binary structure of our language as in Derrida's writing. Opposites seem to be an inherent structure for certain aspects of the universe to exist: dark/light, up/down, object/space, etc.
StevenErnest 3 months ago
this tickles my fancy
dumbtrumm 3 months ago
Fantastic all-round production, Ben for such intriguing content. Great job.
fellowtuber123 3 months ago
I love this stuff, man. Though I would love to see some examples/illustrations of the distance between this propositional style (?) of talking about "oughts" and our embodied conversational style (?) of talking about "oughts." That would be illuminating. And I'm honestly confused at to what you mean by "this claim of singularity only seems coherent if we hold it to a standard not commonly utilized in common speech?" Sounds like you're an ignostic here, but the rest of your videos make (cont'd)
fenoglios 3 months ago
@fenoglios
me think that you want to say that talk of a singular God is coherent when understood in a metaphorical, though existential, way.
fenoglios 3 months ago
@fenoglios I misspoke. I meant INcoherent there, which I've "corrected" via annotation. Thanks for drawing my attention to that.
TheCarruths 3 months ago
@TheCarruths
Great! Makes much more sense now. I'm interested in how you'll cash out our use of metaphor here because, as a believer in Jesus, I've been trying to come to terms with how a trinitarian God could be *one.* And maybe some insight into how the concept of singularity could apply to God could help me out with that.
fenoglios 3 months ago
I know you're doing a linguistic analysis of a singular God, but it reminds me of something by Joseph Campbell: "God is a thought. God is a name. God is an idea. But its reference is to something that transcends all thinking. The ultimate mystery of being is beyond all categories of thought."
And in a Hermetic context, Alan Moore has said succinctly: "The IDEA of the god IS the god."
StevenErnest 3 months ago
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StevenErnest 3 months ago
thank you i dont have anyone to have these kinds of discussions with i know i know its not a discussion but the way you presented it was in a way like a discussion
TheDevindevine 3 months ago