Ellis,
... His (LGKing's) choice perhaps to call all existence "God" effectively sidesteps the traditional "faith in the existence of God" debate for him.
Yes, it does! IMO, debating is a zero-sum game. I prefer to converse, or dialogue. Also, for me all Being, GzeroD/GOD, is an evolving, an eternal process of becoming. I find this idea truly amazing.
BTW, an atheist in another forum indicates--in a quote he uses as his signature--that for him, "
death is the great hope"; or does he mean solution to all our suffering and pain. Interesting thought.
If I actually thought this to be reality, for me it would a far-more depressing idea of what 'hell' is than the traditional one.
I am sure this kind of existential anxiety is what drives many people to suicide. After her third attempt, I once saved a woman's life-- when I convinced her: There is no evidence, no guarantee, that there will be death of conscious awareness when the body dies.
[
Her words were: "To go on living with the fears I have would be
hell. I must do something about overcoming them."
Using hypnosis, I helped her to do so.]
Of course, I do not accept death as a valid solution, but I can accept that some people do.
Do any atheists here agree with this "solution'? =======================
Talk about GOD as being totally inclusive! For Islam (the source of peace) 'Allah' is Arabic for the One (power), and you name it:
http://wahiduddin.net/words/wazifa.htm