Some problems of religious philosophy

with reference to the Gita


How can there be action without purpose?

Answer: Play is an analogue.


The problem of theodicy:

If evil is a natural occurrence, then there can be no good or loving Creator or God.


The problem of the meaning of religious terms:

(1) `God'

(2) `Tao'

(3) `Brahman'

(4) `The Absolute'

(5) `Emptiness'

Can one of these translate a usage of another?

Are these words proper names?  Consider baptisms.

How do people learn to use these words?


What does an atheist deny when she or he denies that there is

a God? the Tao? Brahman? Nirvana and Emptiness? the Absolute?