08-23-2008, 12:02 AM
"I am quite convinced that whatever a God might be, as a mortal I will never know , that God is of the Unknowable , as it should be , and that all I have
to discern is the Effects of the creation. "
Yes, or of Emanation.
"Another of my catchphrases is that--when I think I know who or what God is , it is no longer God. As God is unknowable , the known is not God."
Yes
"Maybe that's just my conceit , but consider the benefits that humanity could gain from such an attitude. No more excuses for sabre-rattling religious
and cultural fundamentalists!"
One thing that we learn early on the that the notion that God is some big guy in the sky is wrong.
One thing that I think we can all agree on is that the Unknowable is the Ultimate source of all there is..
Many times the problem is only names and words.
"... as a mortal I will never know , that God is of the Unknowable , as it should be , and that all I have to discern is the Effects of the creation...
"
I think after death the same rule applies.
to discern is the Effects of the creation. "
Yes, or of Emanation.
"Another of my catchphrases is that--when I think I know who or what God is , it is no longer God. As God is unknowable , the known is not God."
Yes
"Maybe that's just my conceit , but consider the benefits that humanity could gain from such an attitude. No more excuses for sabre-rattling religious
and cultural fundamentalists!"
One thing that we learn early on the that the notion that God is some big guy in the sky is wrong.
One thing that I think we can all agree on is that the Unknowable is the Ultimate source of all there is..
Many times the problem is only names and words.
"... as a mortal I will never know , that God is of the Unknowable , as it should be , and that all I have to discern is the Effects of the creation...
"
I think after death the same rule applies.

