Tuesday, April 15, 2008
Hume "God I"
In the chapter on "Of the Origin of Ideas", Hume speaks of God in a way that makes the reader believe that he is a believer in God. He does not sound like he questions God but does not forget to mention that everyone does not believe in him. He sounds like he thinks God is not innate by how he talks about the topic. At the bottom of page 11, he talks about the ideas of God being perfect, smart, and a good being. To me, when someone says many good things about something, they sound like believers. He goes on to say that the only people who do not believe this are the people who create the ideas that this is not true. Therefore, people create these ideas and pass them on to one another. It sounds to me like Hume believes we are not born with the idea of God, because we create our beliefs and how we feel on our the subject.
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This post is just like the one I posted on Locke and his quote about ya know, like how dare someone doubt the obviousness of God. I believe that Locke agreed that God was definite, but it was up to the person's mind whether they chose to believe it or not. IT was like Locke made you feel like a complete ass if in fact you didn't believe in God. This is similar to Hume, just maybe as straight forward.
I do see where you can draw out that Hume seems to be a believer. I agree that he doesn't think we're born with the idea to believe in God and know him but it is kinda like what we are taught by our parents and relatives to believe. What was taught to them a lot of times your parents teach it to you.
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