Theologians object that subjecting God to the concept denies his creative freedom

Evidence

For Catholics ”… the whole theory of idealism is based on the denial of the objectivity of all our knowledge and on the idealistic monism of ‘spirit’ (a monism which, as such, is equivalent to the positivistic monism of ‘matter’). In this conception, the very foundation of religion, God, does not exist objectively outside of ourselves, but is a creation of the intellect. Idealism, therefore, no less than materialism, is radically contrary to religion.” — Antonio Gramsci, Selections from the Prison Notebooks, 1322 (#complicates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Sartre’s atheism rejects specifically the Scholastic creator-God.; The concept of a needy God is internally contradictory — Christine Daigle, Jacob Golomb (eds.), Beauvoir and Sartre: The Riddle of…, 180; Idealism denies objective knowledge and makes God a creation of the intellect. — Antonio Gramsci, Selections from the Prison Notebooks, 1322 (+7 more)

Related

• Idealism denies objective knowledge and makes God a creation of the intellect. (similarity 0.91)
• Idealism’s failure to prove the Other’s existence collapses into metaphysical realism. (similarity 0.86)
• The concept of a needy God is internally contradictory (similarity 0.79)

Broader Connections

• A God bound by conceptual logic can give nothing freely. #expands (0.85)
• God’s incomprehensibility means he resists possession, not that reason fails #complicates (0.78)
• Idealism denies objective knowledge and makes God a creation of the intellect. #complicates (0.75) — Antonio Gramsci, Selections from the Prison Notebooks, 1322