- such 'My Personal God-Personality' models as you suggested.

Without (intelligent use of) the concept of 'scale' - all attempts to try and map the terrain of the [Unknown] turns into a circle-jerk of recursive er redundancy. (I assert)

Which was why the language Sanskrit was invented: solely for the purpose of evading - to the extent possible - the inherent problem that all words used in common language have: their referents are of ordinary material kind. Nobody makes stand-up comedy in Sanskrit: surely the litmus test of any conversational language extant :-\ufffd

Note how psych (for just one example of a topic which has few 'measurable physical' aspects) postulates 'cases of dis-ease'.. which largely depend upon some consensus of what "normal behaviour" IS? Might Be? (did anyone Check? How well? How often? With what yardstick? yada)

(Oh, then note how much of the world's art, music, science and invention - has been the result of work by misfits.) Love. It.

And psych is hardly 'metaphysical' in scope.. though it can be also looked at "with scale" -- which is what astrology and other arts [once practiced competently.. we are told] attempted to accomplish. Some people long ago were as careful about the problems of Language as any.. since. Will S. is the obv. example, but many others qualify.

Lately 'we' all have become sloppier and sloppier - due directly IMhO to the rise, even glorification of the shallow; the advent of marketing and infotainment for the LCD of humanity -- as ersatz evasions of the difficulties of intense study [of Anything]. Hell.. that is real Work!

ie Language has limits, however carefully one means to employ it. Most 'discussions' (even here? :-0 ) are conducted rather sloppily as regards word-referents and, in the West [sorry but.. it's true] the concept of scale is rarely encountered, or if it is: rarely employed with the care required. It is a matter needing study, unless one is a prodigy / or born fully aware (?)

Which IMhO - is why anything posted in THIS forum is so apt to descend into "logical proofs of / against 'God'" [Hah..] or, occasionally - may employ an adult emotional center and deliver the lesser: pretty good psych eval.
Besides, anybody 'God-conscious' - would be the last to mention it, let alone 'claim' it. {Cosmic cackle heard?} Doncha just love self-cancelling tacks?

We may now return to our regularly scheduled Ontological Wff n'Proof game.


Ashton



Wff n'Proof - a great sorta-'card' game for teaching basic logic; I know some kids whose sociology Prof father hooked them on it. Insufferable little brats at times - but Logical insufferablelittlebrats. (You think smarmy is bad!)