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God Cannot Be Known, Only Adored.
An interesting take on God. The fact that humanity tries to define and understand God is impossible; humans cannot possibly think to understand God's true form or intentions for the past, present and future. What humanity can do is adore God for what He has given us as a species; anything more would be a waste.
 Damien  29 Oct 2009 14:51
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I agree with you Damien. I don't use the word God because to me that seems like a human form. I like the words Universe, Engergy, or Supreme Force. I think with those words it's easier to understand that you can't understand. (if that makes any sense)
 
 artemis  29 Oct 2009 15:32
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I definitely think you are on to something in this debate Damien. The fact of the matter is: ''the human mind cannot comprehend infinity or eternity.'' It has no answer whatsoever! What is known is simply finite, what is not known is infinite, we simply stand on the island of
ignorance concerning the aforementioned, in the midst of illimitable INFINITE numbers of Universes drifting in oceans of inexplicability. Our sole business in every generation is to reclaim a little more understanding of the infinite wisdom of ''God!''

Science has absolutely no answer, too, as to how ''God'' extracted carbon fourteen out of a star and created life. CERN's answer went up in a dismal little puff of smoke!....;-)

Therefore as you point out one can only adore ''GOD'S'' wonderful infinite magical mystery tour!
 
 Tomcat  29 Oct 2009 15:24
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Why don't you pray and ask him if he wants to know you? He's known you for a long time.

I don't just adore God. I do know him.
 
 joylove101  09 Nov 2009 09:37
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"humans cannot possibly think to understand God's true form or intentions for the past, present and future" is just a way of avoiding the topic entirely. It's similar to bad artists who say "it's just too deep for you to understand", except less believable.
 
 RoboHippo  30 Oct 2009 01:21
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If God existed (and I mean any god, not just the Christian version) then they ought to be able to be known. In fact, if I'm supposed to believe in such an entity, I will only do so with significant, objective evidence for their factual existence. No evidence = no belief.
 
 Cephus  29 Oct 2009 21:29
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You'll only be adoring something you make up in your mind--even if what you make up is the not knowing. You'll only wind up adoring yourself masquerading as God.
 
 tinseldove  29 Oct 2009 21:25
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I’m going to have to agree with Charlee. If you cannot know god then you cannot know that you cannot know him/her/it/them. If you could know that you cannot know then you would know which would cause you to disappear in a paradoxical puff of your own logic. So don’t blame me.
 
 finsch  29 Oct 2009 20:49
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I think the big assumption in your argument is that you say "God cannot be known"; yet you are saying, in a sense, I know God and he cannot make himself known in anyway to man. Seems like you are claiming to know quite a bit about Him. It is self-refuting and therefore, false.
 
 charlee  29 Oct 2009 14:55
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 Perhaps I worded the debate incorrectly; it was not my intention to say that I assumed I knew God. I just found it interesting that people seem to act as if they know God.
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