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> I think a lot of this is that people are pattern-matching 'God' with the huge amount of baggage that the term has rightfully accumulated. It's not "baggage"
by VMG 14y ago
> I think a lot of this is that people are pattern-matching 'God' with the huge amount of baggage that the term has rightfully accumulated.
It's not "baggage" but "meaning".
If you don't attribute intention, agency and potency to the "God" then you are just using words in a way they aren't intended to.
- erikpukinskis 14y ago> It's not "baggage" but "meaning". Some atheists deliberately choose the meaning of "God" that makes people look like idiots and conspicuously ignore meanings of "God" that are internally consistent and reasonable. To me, that's baggage.