Mar 25, 2009

Here's the problem. The moment we begin to talk about existence, we implicitly pledge ourselves to follow the existence script, and that script (quite reasonably) limits us to existence discourse. To exist (from exsistere = to stand out) is to be a discrete object or relation that can be distinguished (because it "stands out") from other discrete objects or relations. "Does God exist" reduces God to the status of object, and then we're no longer talking about God - because God doesn't exist. Huh?…