Conceiving God: Perversions And Brainstorms; A ... 【SECURE ANTHOLOGY】

The ultimate tension lies in the fact that to "conceive" of something infinite using a finite brain is, by definition, a failed brainstorm. Every concept we create is a "perversion" because it is a reduction. As the philosopher Xenophanes famously noted, if horses had hands and could draw, they would draw their gods looking like horses.

This views the divine as a celestial vending machine. Through "Prosperity Gospel" or rigid legalism, the brainstorm becomes a contract: "If I do X, God must provide Y." Conceiving God: Perversions and Brainstorms; A ...

Psychoanalysts might argue that an obsession with a punishing God is often a perversion of human guilt or a desire to see one's enemies suffer, externalized into a divine mandate. The Brainstorm as Revelation The ultimate tension lies in the fact that

This is the brainstorm that transforms a universal creator into a local mascot. It’s the "God is on our side" mentality used to justify conquest and exclusion. This views the divine as a celestial vending machine