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“Must-Read Paper” “On Counting Gods”

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At The Secular Outpost Jeffrey Jay Lowder gives a recommendation of and some interesting brief comments on my paper “On Counting Gods.”

In part, he discusses how my distinctions apply to this often-repeated quotation, a favorite of internet atheists:

I contend we are both atheists, I just believe in one fewer god than you do. When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods, you will understand why I dismiss yours.

I think what Lowder says about this in light of my god vs. deity distinction is on the right track. One could surely write a good journal article on this sort of argument.

Check out his whole post here.

To hear a version of that material in podcast form, check out podcast 146, my presentation at Boston University.

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1 thought on ““Must-Read Paper” “On Counting Gods””

  1. Paul Anchor

    Counting Lords is also a bad thing. The disciples made no ontological distinction between the term Lord and God:

    Acts 4 v 24:

    And when they heard that , they lifted up their voice to God with one accord, and said, Lord, thou art God, which hast made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all that in them is:

    1 Cor 8 v 6:

    But to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him.

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