Religion

zipplewrath

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7. Pretty much

Thu Dec 13, 2018, 10:41 AM

Dec 2018

Of all the conflicts I might have with organized religion, one of the less controversial and yet more threatening to them is that they don't all "know" the same God, yet all profess to know him anyway. And infinite being is incomprehensible to a people that still can't figure out the Unified Field Theorem, or even know if there is one. But somehow we are able to know and understand an infinite being. At best, one should acknowledge that "knowing God" would be akin to the blind man touching the elephant. One will "know" very little about the elephant, and it will very likely be completely different from what other blind men are touching.

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We can never truly know or understand God [View all] edhopper Dec 2018 OP

You've got it right PJMcK Dec 2018 #1

another good question edhopper Dec 2018 #8

Which one? Pope George Ringo II Dec 2018 #15

Maybe they're all the same thing? PJMcK Dec 2018 #16

Those two things edhopper Dec 2018 #21

God's will is unknowable Major Nikon Dec 2018 #2

Well, to be fair to most religionists, they do say he told us what he wants marylandblue Dec 2018 #3

Now that's not true. trotsky Dec 2018 #13

Conversely Pope George Ringo II Dec 2018 #14

Now you're getting how this works! trotsky Dec 2018 #17

Well the DU Religion Group is its own special place marylandblue Dec 2018 #18

Well, one thing is definitely clear. trotsky Dec 2018 #19

Of course we can. Here's a summary: MineralMan Dec 2018 #4

I'm more interested in knowing and understanding the mind of leprechauns and... NeoGreen Dec 2018 #5

yes and JenniferJuniper Dec 2018 #6

Pretty much zipplewrath Dec 2018 #7

Yet our entire life edhopper Dec 2018 #10

Something like that zipplewrath Dec 2018 #11

That would be more urgent edhopper Dec 2018 #20

WRONG ! I know. 3Hotdogs Dec 2018 #9

"We can never truly know or understand God... trotsky Dec 2018 #12

I'm thinking of a song... uriel1972 Dec 2018 #22