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Re: Nature as GOD
I reckon there are three essential components in any god concept,
1) gods are assumed to control, but are distinct from, one or more natural phenomena
2) gods are assumed to have mainly autonomous volition
3) gods are assumed to be influenceable or controllable by humans.
So, humans hope, in the best case, to be able to control one or more natural phenomena by means of exploiting gods. In other words, gods are assumed intermediaries in attempted acts of magic, where "magic" is as defined by MacGregor-Mathers: "the science of the control of the secret forces of nature".
Thus even a monotheistic concept of god can not be defined as "nature", or even as natural forces, as gods occupy a distinct space that's neither natural entity nor natural force.
It's easy to see this by considering an example, a god of dice, clearly the dice themselves aren't god, neither are considerations of probability god nor the effects of wind or spin or any other element, in the phenomenal world, that might influence the outcome of a throw.
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