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In reply to the discussion: Monotheistic Deities Have It Hard. [View all]sanatanadharma
(4,074 posts)That one reality, that underlies the Gods, is considered to be limitless, boundless, infinite, precluding any otherness.
A sentience without form, or perhaps better understood as being the essence of all forms.
Theism suffers the logical defect of trying to uphold the realty of limited human-consciousness AND the reality of infinite divine-consciousness. Each limit the other.
The essence of the Vedic revelation is that one truth only is, and that IS-ness (being-existence) is conscious and limitless.
Logic precludes having infinite-reality plus one other reality. The rainbow is not a separate reality apart from sun, moisture and witness.
The unbounded never has an outside-ness or otherness that stands apart as limited but equally real.
The self is real. The self is conscious. This is the scientific basis of the Vedic method of self-realization.
The method is based on the common to us all, self-evident and non- negatable truth, "I am"
Of course this criticism of theism is totally destroyed whenever an theist says "my God is limited and finite".
Today's homework assignment, class, is to construct a logical and testable demonstration of your own non-existence!
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