tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2847440472042684174.post4862168577594484462..comments2023-10-28T08:26:04.665-07:00Comments on A thoughtproduct in the life of...: God of the Gapsmistahdoomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10565026922565152435noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2847440472042684174.post-34601914763002430342014-10-01T21:39:38.623-07:002014-10-01T21:39:38.623-07:00It is so interesting to read this dialogue over fo...It is so interesting to read this dialogue over four years later, when I now identify as a nontheist. Some of the reasons I choose that identity are articulated, by me, in this post- but I resisted what now seems the most parsimonious explanation. mistahdoomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10565026922565152435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2847440472042684174.post-70169201344395774292010-08-19T21:23:22.520-07:002010-08-19T21:23:22.520-07:00Interesting as always.
I agree that blindly attri...Interesting as always.<br /><br />I agree that blindly attributing all happenings or 'gaps' to God seems inaccurate. However, I think there are many times that God IS in the inexplicable gaps, whether or not we can correctly discern which is the case.<br /><br />I also wonder if there is another scenario happening, especially during difficult or negative situations. Perhaps at these The chehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07580066234985158716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2847440472042684174.post-47809779480587104102010-08-10T10:43:53.676-07:002010-08-10T10:43:53.676-07:00I think that while people may misunderstand the mi...I think that while people may misunderstand the miracle of the Book of Mormon as from a god of the gaps, it appears to me to be as natural as it can be. What more natural way is there for God to communicate with humans than through direct visitation (the First Vision), or sending messengers or writings? I think the claim that some being, or beings, with more capabilities than humans had in the Jonathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15629246099397158216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2847440472042684174.post-86615829561224956852010-07-26T14:29:05.102-07:002010-07-26T14:29:05.102-07:00I have been reading through all your posts hoping ...I have been reading through all your posts hoping to see one where you try to support the foundation of your beliefs. I've always agreed with the God of (shrinking and disappearing) Gaps idea. From my current (open to change) point of view, isn't belief in the Book of Mormon and any other core LDS premise still just filling in a gap with a claim of divine miracles? <br /><br />(E.g. &Mitchell Ballardnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2847440472042684174.post-29138853289137720752010-01-30T11:35:22.738-08:002010-01-30T11:35:22.738-08:00So about every time I think I have a great thought...So about every time I think I have a great thought, I subsequently realize there's a whole school of thought out there already purporting the tenet I just posited or discovered. (examples: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_theology [this and preceding and succeeding posts], http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ontological_argument [a Socratic idea I came across in my law and lit class a couple mistahdoomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10565026922565152435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2847440472042684174.post-5046395385397478302010-01-24T00:10:46.032-08:002010-01-24T00:10:46.032-08:00Great thought! Gods ways are higher than ours...s...Great thought! Gods ways are higher than ours...so unless we really come to know Him, we won't be able to discern which events stem from his influence and which are a result of other people or the natural elements.<br /><br />Even so, anyone can tell when something just doesn't feel right like the death of a murdered friend or brother.Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06889665803120900664noreply@blogger.com