Contra Pantheism (Atheism): An Essay
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The essay refutes the validity of Atheism as a rational point of view and shows Atheism to be a form of Pantheism. It does this in ten arguments. The work also includes a brief glossary and some notes. Math concepts are used often to show the irrationality of Atheism. The Paradoxes of Zeno are used to attack modern and ancient notions that can lend support to a naturalistic explanation of the world that are often used to support an atheistic view of the world.
The math is essentially arithmetic (except in the note on Euclid's argument for irrational numbers). The work does not require broad knowledge of math and is comparatively speaking an easy read (under 10,000 words including notes, glossary, face page). Easy read does not mean absence of thought and reflection on the part of the reader. Deists and atheists are encouraged to attack my essay if they think an attack is merited. Mathematicians can flail away as well at my attack on modern and ancient math concepts.
Since it is my contention that Deism is a rational position, my use of logic and arithmetic is entirely appropriate.
In particular I take a sympathetic view for the most part to the views of Parmenides and Zeno regarding motion but offer an alternative explanation and a new atomic theory. I attack the existence of irrational numbers, infinite sets, transcendental numbers, Non-Euclidean Geometry, and any view that holds all existence to be one essential nature (monism). Existence itself is the only monism but has several forms that cannot be fit into an everything is one doxology: matter = spirit = mind = god (solipsism or the inverse solipsism of materialism.)
NOTE: I use the term: plenum to mean any continuum, including the continuum of empty space, since I accept space as something that really exists. I revalued the meaning of the word without explanation in the essay, but mention this here and in the latest version. (2/16/2019 date of note)
Thank you for your interest and it is hoped you are enlightened by at least some of what is contained in the work.
Edward E. Rochon
I write for my health and the health of the world. Often the cure rivals the disease in grief and aches. My writing career started at twelve when I attempted to write a sequel to Huckleberry Finn but never finished it. My writings have included poetry, plays, a novel, non-fiction and writing newsletters for here and there. Recently, I am dabbling into short stories. Apart from newsletters, nothing has been published in print. I bought an audio recording of one of my poems but threw it away in disgust due to an inappropriate reading by the narrator. 'Contra Pantheism...' was my first eBook. About a hundred eBooks have been published since including some books of verse, and my essays collected into five volumes, and one volume of collected poems. A few other types of literature are on my list of published works. My essays deal with fundamental questions of philosophy as well as natural philosophy (science.) On the whole, my works are as far above the writings of Plato and Aristotle as the material power of the United States is over that of Ancient Greece. I once asked myself if I had ever written anything memorable, but couldn't remember exactly what I had written. I started to check my manuscripts but stopped as it seemed the answer to the question was obvious. Gore Vidal mentioned in one of his memoirs that writers tend to forget what they write and are a bad source to ask about their works. Gore knew a lot of writers. I have not and may have been a bit hard on myself. Apart from self-improvement and maybe making a few bucks, my main goal is to bring about a golden age for mankind. Being a man, this sounds appealing. It is pointless to desist and all small measures are worth the effort. Albert Camus thought suicide the only serious philosophical question. He was a fool and died young. Suicide is a waste of time. The most important functional question is: How do I get what I want? The one question that trumps this is the ultimate question of intent: What should I want? As Goethe pointed out: Be careful what you wish for in your youth, you might get it in middle age.
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