Objectifying God

Hi guys,

Could someone please explain what 'Objectifying God' means? If someone said to me 'try not to objectify God when you are thinking' what does he mean exactly?I like to think, but I have not studied philosophy so I won't be able to understand words like anthropomorphic (if thats spelt correctly) etc.

Thanks

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Reply 1

Will_to_power

For of all, we're quite sure that God is at least a subjective idea.

Let me explain with an example: You see an apple, an image of apple formed in your brain, that image is subjective and the apple outside is subjective.

So now, God is at least an idea which we think over and over in our brain. But is there an object called God (like apple) out of our mind? We didn't find empirical evidence or proof of it.

So up till now, God is subjective and inter-subjective, but not (yet) objective.

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Reply 2

Kiss

To me it means using God to your own ends and making God seem so useless. Ever heard that song 'Jesus Christ Pose' by Soundgarden?

Reply 3

pineapple_thorns

To me, personally, "objectifying God" means reducing him to one aspect. I don't think the person who said it necessarily meant "objectify", but rather, "reduce". For example, many religions reduce God to a "being" so I suppose you could say that anthropomorphism occurs here and also in such statements as "God is love" or "God loves us" - does God feel emotions like humans do? (Rhetorical question. :wink: