Oct 6, 2024
Hmm.
Yes, gods are ideals. That is pantheism.
Truth, beauty, etc.
The absolute, the universal, where everything is one, is elemental. The problem is there is no distinctions.
Whiteout. No good/bad, light/dark, etc.
The only practical use of the term absolute is absolute zero. A total absence of motion.
So a god that is absolute would be meaningless. No goals, ideals, feelings, etc. Basically nothing.
Though the conceptual contrast to absolute is infinite. Like the number line, from zero to infinity.
Ideals are like the points of light between the absolute and the infinite.
If you are interested, here is a good book on the origins of Western religion and civilization;
