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Discussion QuestionsIV. An Ethical Concept of God1) Muzzey says, "Everybody, except the avowed atheist . . . believes in some kind of God." What does he mean? Do you agree? Why, why not? 2) Muzzey distinguishes between theists, deists, atheists, and agnostics. Review the definition of each. Is there place in the Ethical Movement for all of these? Ought there to be? 3) Kant's three postulates (assumptions) which must be assumed to satisfy a man's religious cravings are "the existence of God, immortality, and a future state of reward and punishment." Do you agree? What other alternatives might "satisfy a man's religious cravings?" 4) Why would some members oppose the use of the word, "God"? Would you? Why, why not? 5) Muzzey wants to bring God down to earth ("God is created in man's image," God as an anthropocentric idea). Does this kind of God make any sense to you? 6) What is meant by a "spiritual society as the pattern to which human society should conform"? 7) Muzzey focuses on the "ethical qualities" and speaks of "Ethics as a religion." Do science, art, have any place in such a religion? What place? 8) How would you describe "faith" for an Ethical Culturist? This document is part of a larger document, "Understanding Ethical Religion," edited by Howard B. Radest.
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