(April 26, 2011 at 2:08 pm)downbeatplumb Wrote: I pictured a bearded man with a look of concentration on his face as he 'sustained all that exists'.I have never understood this "bearded man" notion, as if God is a being who lives in the sky wondering what He is going to do next with His human pets, exerting great effort to bring about some state of affairs or another. To say that God is the sustainer is to say that every contingent being that exists is dependent on His necessary existence, nature and will. What kind of proof of this do you require?
What form does this 'sustaining' take and can you prove it?
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