I used to "do" psycholinguistics.

My atheism has nothing to say about "the nature of a God". I can discuss "it" as a concept in which the self-integrity of others is involved, but it has no functional or ontological status with respect to my self-integrity.

And even if we attempt to take a transcendent step which dissipates "selves" (mine or others), the ensuing "holistic consciousness" has no properties such as "purpose", "goodness" or "creativity" which some might anthropomorphically ascribe to that entity.

Last edited by eccles; 08/18/09 05:46 PM.