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Who is God? Or maybe the question is WHAT is God? Most would answer that question without ever stopping to give it any thought at all.
Most would say that God is the Creator of the universe, but they would not stop there. Depending on what religion they are, or if they are any religion at all, they would go on to include the characteristics of God. Most religious people would describe the characteristics of God based on what the Bible or other religious book has to say about God. Some would base them on what they have experienced throughout their life. Still others would describe God’s characteristic based on what we know about science. ALL of these sources are right AND wrong. Problem is we just don’t know which parts are right and which parts are wrong.
I think it is arrogance, to some degree, to be able to answer the question “What is God?” without pausing first to think about your answer. To jump right out there with such certainty about the nature of God, when we are but tiny, time/space beings in this vast timeless, and, in some places, spaceless expanse we call the universe, seems to me to be extremely inflated.
Let’s just take a step back for a few minutes and ask ourselves some questions. If God is the God of the Bible, which is what a huge percentage of Americans believe, then why do we refer to God as “He?” Well in order to figure out why, we need to see what the Bible says about God. Ha! That would take forever, right? …Since the whole flippin book is about God! Well, why don’t we just look at a few places then.
Read more » Most would say that God is the Creator of the universe, but they would not stop there. Depending on what religion they are, or if they are any religion at all, they would go on to include the characteristics of God. Most religious people would describe the characteristics of God based on what the Bible or other religious book has to say about God. Some would base them on what they have experienced throughout their life. Still others would describe God’s characteristic based on what we know about science. ALL of these sources are right AND wrong. Problem is we just don’t know which parts are right and which parts are wrong.
I think it is arrogance, to some degree, to be able to answer the question “What is God?” without pausing first to think about your answer. To jump right out there with such certainty about the nature of God, when we are but tiny, time/space beings in this vast timeless, and, in some places, spaceless expanse we call the universe, seems to me to be extremely inflated.
Let’s just take a step back for a few minutes and ask ourselves some questions. If God is the God of the Bible, which is what a huge percentage of Americans believe, then why do we refer to God as “He?” Well in order to figure out why, we need to see what the Bible says about God. Ha! That would take forever, right? …Since the whole flippin book is about God! Well, why don’t we just look at a few places then.
