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%PERSONAL OBJECTS GOD DICHOTOMY ATTITUDE+790518
%DESCRIPTION LAW APPROACH THOU IT PRAYER 790518
Monotheists' approach to nature has desensitized
people to the personal aspect of objects. Gods must not
be present in objects if there is but one God.
Existentially it is difficult for people to identify with
one unique God present in many different objects. It is
much easier to identify with unique spirits present in
unique objects, or in classes objects. Monotheists have
driven personal spirits out of objects and left them
depersonalized, just objects. God has been put "in
heaven" or in a status which transcends the realm of
objects, because he is not an impersonal object. Because
there is but one God, objects can not be gods, and objects
can not be personal; so a personal God can not be an
object, and God can not be part of the objective universe.
The objective universe thus becomes impersonal. It is
ironic that monotheists in the name of a personal God have
depersonalized the universe which was presumably created
by a personal God and in which He incarnated the Holy
Spirit. Because of objectification---the parts of the
universe are not holy, lest they compete with the one God
for status as the Holy One.
Monotheism thus laid the foundations for the
dichotomy between people as personal, and objects as
impersonal---and so for the dichotomy between people as
objects who are impersonal. Whether or not objects may be,
can be, or are personal---depends upon the manner of
approach. If it is taboo to approach objects in a
personal way they will appear to be impersonal, perceived
exclusively in the I-It way. The manner of understanding,
knowledge, truth, relationship, and living will correspond
to the I-It way of life; rather than the I-Thou way. By
collusions the relative values of the I-It way can not be
compared with the values of the I-Thou way---the costs and
benefits are not compared---because their difference can
not be seen.
An impersonal universe may be described by impersonal
laws which set patterns which may then be copied in
legalistic efforts to get people to behave as predictably
and reliably as depersonalized objects. It is impossible
to determine objectively whether or not this is the will
of the personal god in whose name the legalists serve.
Visions and revelations of what life might be like in the
I-Thou way---are blocked by exclusively impersonal
objective analysis of the nature of the universe which is
devoid of Spirit.
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