The Platinum Calf

Cautiously since 2006 or thereabouts, Coppedge argued for a new concept called the 'diabolical calf'. This concept differs from the typical 'golden calf' archetype (is not intended to be the same concept at all), as it is based on the idea of declaring other ideologies as themselves holding multiple golden calves themselves. The diabolical golden calf is an idol-shattering version of the golden calf which intends to impose an empirical ideology on the concept of an authentic God. This concept is identical to the concept of a paradoxical golden calf, or what with fear I gradually declare to be called a 'platinum golden calf'. Note this is not the same thing as declaring an authentic god. That I recognize. Instead, it is the idea of declaring the attributes of God while acknowledging that the God (what would normally be a false God, but in this case, academically possesses at least some superficial attributes of authenticity. That is what is being considered. It is nonetheless not truly infinite or not provably infinite. It could be argued if God's attributes are always taken on faith, then the authentic God if there is one is not provably infinite either. For sneaky reasons like this, the attributes of the platinum golden calf are pseudo-authentic though still very questionable, much like God's attributes, though in a way still infinite in this rare situation. What is desired is not so much an alternative to religion, as much as an alternative to religious and scientific golden calves. It is only in the sense that religion and science already use golden calves that this text is critical. This is what is called the diabolical golden calf, is the golden calf that defeats golden calves. The sneakiest argument is that to declare the diabolical golden calf to be a golden calf is to declare a mea culpa about your own ideology as far as golden calves. If you don't assume that the diabolical golden calf is busting idols, then there is no reason to have any fear. It is simply the question of golden calves destroyed by golden calves, it is not the same as the original archetype. From an authentic religious or scientific view, if the foundations are solid, then it is a meaningless battle.