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1、TheValidityofBeliefinaPersonalGodC.D.BroadPublishedintheHibbertJournal24(1925):32-48.ReprintedinC.D.Broad,Religion,PhilosophyandPsychicalResearch(Routledge&KeaganPaul,1953).InordertodiscussthequestionwhetherthereisanygroundforbelievingintheexistenceofapersonalGoditisnecessarytobeginbydef
2、iningourterms.Fortheword'personal'andtheword'God'arebothhighlyambiguous.Iwillbeginwiththeword'personal'.Thenaturalinterpretationofthephrase'apersonalGod'wouldbe'aGodwhoisaperson'.But,ifthisweretheonlymeaningthatcouldbeattachedtothephrase,weshouldhavetosaythatorthodoxChristiansdenytheexis
3、tenceofapersonalGod.FortheChristianGodistheTrinity;andtheTrinityisnotaperson,thoughitsmembersarepersons.Nowitwouldbeextremelyinconvenienttodefinethephrase'personalGod'insuchawaythatweshouldhavetoholdthatallorthodoxChristiansdenytheexistenceofapersonalGod.And,aswehaveseen,thisinconvenient
4、resultwouldfollowifwedefineda'personalGod'tomean'aGodwhoisaperson'.Wemustthereforeadoptasomewhatwiderdefinitionof'personal'.Nowwenoticethat,whilsttheTrinityisdeniedtobeaperson,itisassertedtobeacomplexunitycomposedofthreeintimatelyrelatedconstituents,eachofwhichisaperson.AndIthinkthatwesh
5、oulddenythatamanbelievedinapersonalGodunlesshebelievedthatGodeitherisapersonorisacomplexwholecomposedofnothingbutinterrelatedpersons.Ithereforesuggestthatthephrase'apersonalGod'means'aGodwhicheitherisapersonorisawholecomposedofnothingbutinterrelatedpersons'.Thisdefinitioniscertainlywidee
6、nough,whilstthefirstsuggesteddefinitionwascertainlytoonarrow.Itmightperhapsbeobjectedthattheproposeddefinitionisnowtoowide.WouldanyandeveryGodwhichiscomposedofnothingbutinterrelatedpersonsbecountedasapersonalGod?Ormusttherelationsbeofaspeciallyintimatekindbeforewecanapplytheadjective'per
7、sonal'toawholecomposedofnothingbutpersons?Itisadmittedthat,accordingtotheChristiandoctrineoftheTrinity,therelationsbetweentheconstituentpersonsareextremelyintimate;somuchsothatthereisaconstantdangerofmakingstatementsabouttheTrinitywhicharetrueonlyofitsconstituents,andofma
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