meaning

I’m happy to be accused of ‘middle-ism’1, but with regard to the question of inherent meaning in/to any things or events2, it seems that meaningfulness is between the extreme on one hand of seeing too little – or no – meaning (nihilism)3, and the extreme on the other of seeing too much meaning (superstition)4.

The spectrum seems an honest one.

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sovereign

It’s a common charge that believers simply (or simplistically) attribute ‘good’ and ‘evil’ to God or the devil depending on the results.

Good happens to us: God did it. Good happens to enemies: Devil did it. Bad happens to enemies: God did it. Bad happens to us: Devil did it.

However, the providential monotheism of Judaeo-Christian belief holds that God . . . → Read More: sovereign