masukuma wrote:AlphDoti wrote:tycho wrote:No. I fear you misread my statement @Alph. To paraphrase:
There is no moment even in eternity that God can be alone. That is, going by the Platonic position.
Ok @tycho, let us switch back to our witnesses: the
holy books.
why are they holy? are the books themselves self aware? are they holy because we deem them to be holy? are they holy because they deem themselves to be holy? what of other books deeming themselves to be holy? what of other books deemed by others to be holy?
Some books are holy because they have a certain inherent character in them. Viz;
1. They contain a metaphysical understanding and statement of life
2. They are essentially a set of instructions on how to live a life conforming to the particular metaphysical understanding
3. They describe the active archetypes of being
4. They describe the daily lives of the people they are intended for
Holy scriptures are manuals for socio-political identities.
All books that have the above qualities are holy whether they are from a different ideology or not.
And even, a person may say this book isn't holy, but as long as the objection falls short of the criteria then the objection is flimsy.