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Kierkegaard, James, and Flew have a similar idea regarding God: for K, distance; for J, ambiguity; and for F, inactive!.
All three are somewhat Old Testament in the sense of distance, although F resists the OT most of the three, with James finding psychic activity being perhaps "signs and wonders!."
F simply states the obvious: there is no compelling evidence for "natural, spontaneous" formation of life, and there are intimations of order!.
This is a quasi-marxian stance, i!.e!., that Matter evolves life, but F believes a God is a likely source of matter, and order assisting various life-stages!.
K would position himself as authentic, recognizing the need for personal relationship, almost an "I-Thou" a la Buber!. F is most objective or impersonal of the three, J in middle with his "unfinished" or "process philosophizing" a la Whitehead!.
K has a sense of personal or inner childlike authenticity, to which the human can attain: his "Spiritual" or "Religious" sphere, a dimension accessed per the "Aesthetic" or "now"ness and "Ethic" or "reflective" spheres!. In this sense, he is a kinder, gentler Nietzsche, both moving toward types of Self/self-actualization a la Maslow!.

"A Philosophy of Universality," Aivanhov, and
"The Path of the Higher Self," Mark Prophet, are worthwhile!.
J would likely appreciate very much the work of Tiller, "Psychoenergetic Science," http://www!.tiller!.org
"The Master of Lucid Dreams," Dr!. Olga Kharitidi,
"Life before Life," Jim Tucker, M!.D!.,
"Babies Remember Birth," David Chamberlain, Ph!.D!.,
http://www!.sheldrake!.org
http://www!.divinecosmos!.com
http://www!.carolbowman!.com
http://noosphere!.princeton!.edu
http://www!.heartmath!.org
http://www!.noetic!.org
http://www!.tcm!.phy!.cam!.ac!.uk/~bdj10 and the like!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

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