Q&A: From a "thin" God to a "religious" God
From a "thin" God to a "religious" God
Question
Hello Rabbi,
If I am not mistaken, both in the debate with Aviv and in the debate with Professor Enoch, you presented a "thin" God, and along the way explained that you identify that with your "religious" God. My questions are:
Is the "religious" God made up of a combination of several "thin" gods?
If so, why combine them? Why not remain with multiple gods?
If not, what is he made up of? What is his definition? Or, how does one arrive at him? And even then, why attach "thin" gods to him?
Answer
What does it mean to combine thin gods? I identify the God of Anselm, the cosmological one, the physico-theological one, the God of morality, and the God of epistemology. Ockham's razor says there is no reason to posit multiple entities if it can be one. In addition, in revelation it became clear that He is one.
I discussed this in my book The First Existent.
And seemingly they must be one, because if not, then what is the space in which they operate, and who created that itself?