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> > On Aug 14, 2010, at 3:37 PM, C. G. Estabrook wrote: > >> http://newsfromneptune.com/2010/08/14/god-and-creation/ >> > His whole discourse strikes me as meaningless wordplay. But that's > not the point. Whatever he's talking about it's certainly not any > "Abrahamic" concept (the aborted sacrifice of Isaac was a manifest > intervention of Jahweh into the universe). He makes no reference > whatever to any concept of deity found in the Bible, the Koran, or > the Gospels. > > >> > On Aug 14, 2010, at 2:43 PM, Shane Mage wrote: >> >> >> >> On Aug 14, 2010, at 1:56 PM, C. G. Estabrook wrote: >> >> >> >>> But neither of the "two essentially different concepts" >> is an >> >>> account of the Abrahamic (Judeo-Xn-Islamic) notion of >> deity. >> >> >> >> As I pointed out below, the "Abrahamic (Judeo-Xn-Islamic) >> notion of >> >> deity," has two senses: the "Demiurge" of Genesis 1 who >> brings >> >> order out of chaos and the "Zeus" of popular religion to >> whom >> >> Sacrifices are due. >> >> >> >> If a concept different from these is to be found in the >> Bible, the >> >> Gospels, or the Koran please spell it out... > > > > Shane Mage > > > This cosmos did none of gods or men make, but it > always was and is and shall be: an everlasting fire, > kindling in measures and going out in measures." > > Herakleitos of Ephesos > > > > ________________________________________________ Send list submissions to: Marxism@lists.econ.utah.edu Set your options at: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
