Talk:The nature of God in Western theology
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The article as it stands is Ok, but it isn't really a discussion of God in Western theology. Rather, it is a discussion of the popular anthropomorphic views of God held by most Christians and Jews, which happens to be western. I think it would be profitable to combine this with the format and content of the entry on "The nature of God". That entry describes specific views of God, most of which are actually held by adherents of multiple faiths, such as neo-Aristotelian views of God, Kabbalistic views of God, process theology, etc. After a number of such views are described, an analysis of each can be attempted. RK
Yes to your suggestion. No comment on the comment before your suggestion. --LMS
- I would have to agree with RK's "comment before his suggestion". I would also add that Christianity is not an exclusively Western religion; the second largest body of Christians in the world is Eastern Orthodox Christianity, and Islam certainly is not. I'm sure a case could be made for Judaism also having significant "non-Western" elements. Therefore any description of "Western theology" cannot claim to describe the entirety of *any* of the three religions addressed in the article, and should not pretend that it does. Wesley
I thought that the article was rather unencyclopedic as it stood, so I removed extensive sections under the Mysticism and Anthropomorphism section that digressed into personal discussions and reflections upon the semi-relevant subjects. The author offered some poor insights and too many opinions to assure the status of the entry as neutral, accurate, and informative. I hope it is an improvement. --12/11/05
moved from article:
Note: begin wikification here. Warning! The following has not yet been wikified, and therefore has not yet been rendered from the neutral point of view! (It is part of a college lecture; see User:Larrys Text.) --User:LMS
I think the above notice is important to restore, until the article can be rewritten from a neutral point of view, and in the third person. I'm therefore going to restore it. The alternative would be to move the bulk of the article to this discussion page until it can be reworked; that is the normal policy for people who contribute essays to wikipedia. Wesley 22:44 Dec 23, 2002 (UTC)
[edit] Private language argument
An article called Private language argument was created on 6 October 2005 and it is now linked to from The nature of God in Western theology. The content that was added to Wikipedia was copied from the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. --JWSchmidt 01:02, 17 January 2006 (UTC)
