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The Experience of God: Chapter 3

In this chapter, Hart talks about how God is not at all a being. We has humans are beings because we came from something and we have limitations. God does not exist, but is existence in itself. I don't know how I feel about Hart's point of view when it comes to his argument over the existence of God. I understand how Hart could see God as a non being, because it is assumed that God is responsible for miracles and all things unknown. However, I don't really understand how God is existence in himself.

The way Hart explain God is in such a simple and plain way. However, he does not eliminate the importance of what God was, what God is, snd what God will be in the future. Hart never took any glory away from God, and he never took away all the wonderful things that God has bestowed upon this Earth and universe. All in all, Hart makes a reasonable and logical argument on the existence of God. In my opinion, this chapter was pretty straight forward and it isn't really that much to talk about or argue against.

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  1. AnonymousOctober 14, 2017 at 4:33 PM

    To answer your question of how God is existence in himself, I think what is meant here is that God is the creator, but also an active participant in what he has created. In this way he is included in what he has created to exist. And what He has created is in turn an extension of Himself. So for instance take water. Water is the composition of 1 hydrogen atom and 2 atoms of oxygen. But that is not all that water is because it does more than that. 70% of the human body is comprised of water. It is an active component in other systems as well. So it cannot just be simply summarized as H2O. This is somewhat of an example of how God is as well. I hope this made sense.

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