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   Matthew Collett (m.collett@auckland.ac.nz) wrote:   
   >  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.   
   >   
      
   I understand where you're coming from philosophically. I'm not sure how   
   Lewis would see it. But Biblically, I don't see that transcendence is   
   the sufficient condition distinguishing worship of the true God from   
   worship of a false one.   
      
   --   
   Bill Baldwin   
   http://bettercovenant.wordpress.com/   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)