I think it does not make much sense to put “free will” and “God” to the same category as “bat” and “bank”. Many people are confused about the former. There can be a misunderstanding or misdirection, but hardly a confusion about the latter.
Also, it would require an explanation why “God” referring to “an anthropomorphic supreme being of a specific religion” and “a metaphor for all the nature” are two different things, but “God” referring to “the anthropomorphic supreme being of Christianity who impregnated a human female a had a son called Jesus who is also divine” and “the anthropomorphic supreme being of Islam who ‘has never had offspring, nor was He born’ (The Qur’an, 112:3)” are the same thing. Factually, both are made up, so it’s impossible to resolve experimentally. Going by the definition alone, there are similarities, but also differences. Which differences are important enough to make it “a different thing”, and which differences mean “we just believe different things about the same thing”? Is Jupiter, the anthropomorphic supreme being of Roman religion, also the same thing? Could you describe a general rule how to figure out whether the Red Riding Hood and Cinderella are two different beings, or just the same being that we have two extremely different stories about?
Those who have read the Sequences are already familiar with the solution. [Rationalist taboo]
Unpacking (as it’s called in mainstream phil.) the meaning of a term doesn’t necessarily disambiguate, because you might end up with several unpackings of several meanings—in fact you do: you offer several unpackings of “God” further on.
I think it does not make much sense to put “free will” and “God” to the same category as “bat” and “bank”. Many people are confused about the former. There can be a misunderstanding or misdirection, but hardly a confusion about the latter.
Those who have read the Sequences are already familiar with the solution.
Also, it would require an explanation why “God” referring to “an anthropomorphic supreme being of a specific religion” and “a metaphor for all the nature” are two different things, but “God” referring to “the anthropomorphic supreme being of Christianity who impregnated a human female a had a son called Jesus who is also divine” and “the anthropomorphic supreme being of Islam who ‘has never had offspring, nor was He born’ (The Qur’an, 112:3)” are the same thing. Factually, both are made up, so it’s impossible to resolve experimentally. Going by the definition alone, there are similarities, but also differences. Which differences are important enough to make it “a different thing”, and which differences mean “we just believe different things about the same thing”? Is Jupiter, the anthropomorphic supreme being of Roman religion, also the same thing? Could you describe a general rule how to figure out whether the Red Riding Hood and Cinderella are two different beings, or just the same being that we have two extremely different stories about?
Unpacking (as it’s called in mainstream phil.) the meaning of a term doesn’t necessarily disambiguate, because you might end up with several unpackings of several meanings—in fact you do: you offer several unpackings of “God” further on.