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   From: m.collett@auckland.ac.nz   
      
   In article ,   
    Bill Baldwin  wrote:   
      
   > I understand your point, but I don't entirely agree. To a certain   
   > extent this hinges on the difference between worshiping the true God   
   > falsely and worshiping a false God. Do you agree that there is a   
   > point where the situation stops being the former and starts being the   
   > latter?   
      
   I consider the notion of a false transcendent God (as opposed to a false   
   immanent god) to be incoherent.  There is by metaphysical necessity only   
   one such being, and no conceptual space for even the idea of a 'false'   
   one to be meaningful.  All who worship a transcendent God necessarily   
   worship the same one, no matter how divergent their views on his nature,   
   actions and desires.   
      
   Best wishes,   
   Matthew Collett   
      
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