(July 4, 2018 at 5:18 pm)jimhabegger Wrote: This new idea, about what “God” means in the scriptures, is part of that process.
Why do you suppose what "God" means is a question? Does the idea of God arise naturally or is it a cultural hand me down?
Sometimes I've thought it might be because people look out into the vastness of space and try to deduce a purpose. Why is it the way it is, what if anything was intended?
Still other people seem to put more store in God the inner counselor. What is the source of inspiration and insight which just pops into our heads without any deliberate effort or attention?
But my question is, why do people assume that the God they imagine to be the architect of cosmology has anything to do with the God they imagine they commune with inside? Why the merge?
If God really was the architect of every facet of the cosmos, He would truly have to be something supernatural. Or so it would seem from our perspective. But perhaps there is no creator and therefore nothing supernatural. An inner God could be accounted for by entirely natural means. Shouldn't nature be enough?
