I'll bite on the thinly veiled bait of a veiled God.
1. Existence is a matter of belief but I don't see how it can't be percieved. Are we talking about the reality of existence or the consciousness of existence?
1a. "Cloaking " would be a lack of understanding or perception in things and I would not personally attribute that to an attribute of God, but our lack of understanding of God.The divine doesn't evolve, but our understanding of it does.
2. Through the holy spirit or the occasional divine intervention if you subscribe to that.
3. Who's to asy he hasn't, or dimensions for that matter.
4. There's a phrase that comes to mind, "saves the best for last". Perhaps delayed exposition has the same rewards in another state of existance as in this state.
5. We are all most assuredly doomed regardless.
While I'm not sure who this is particularly in reference to I would hope that if it's me that you would be less "veiled" about any contradictions I've made in the hopes of better understanding through discussion.
(December 23, 2009 at 3:37 am)Purple Rabbit Wrote: Some fellow human beings adhere to the stance that the alleged master of the universe has no attributes but existence, and even that according to them is just a matter of faith since existence cannot be perceived directly through the senses. Since ancient times there has been some development from the day to day god burning bushes in the backyard and giving clear however abhorrent and non-sensical messages and commands like slaughter your own son, to a much more cloaked version that leaves absolutely no CO2 footprint and somehow communicates silently in the heads of believers. I wonder, is cloaking a divine evolution thing?
1. Existence is a matter of belief but I don't see how it can't be percieved. Are we talking about the reality of existence or the consciousness of existence?
1a. "Cloaking " would be a lack of understanding or perception in things and I would not personally attribute that to an attribute of God, but our lack of understanding of God.The divine doesn't evolve, but our understanding of it does.
(December 23, 2009 at 3:37 am)Purple Rabbit Wrote: Believing in such a fully cloaked god seems a real challenge to me. Since that god has no attributes but existence, how does it convey information, do miracles (that must leave a footprint), answer prayer and well, do what gods do?
2. Through the holy spirit or the occasional divine intervention if you subscribe to that.
(December 23, 2009 at 3:37 am)Purple Rabbit Wrote: (BTW: Why should his royal infiniteness limit himself to create just one universe when he can create many?)
3. Who's to asy he hasn't, or dimensions for that matter.
(December 23, 2009 at 3:37 am)Purple Rabbit Wrote: And also why cloak what is important (or at least aspires to be)?
4. There's a phrase that comes to mind, "saves the best for last". Perhaps delayed exposition has the same rewards in another state of existance as in this state.
(December 23, 2009 at 3:37 am)Purple Rabbit Wrote: I hope someone here can shed light on the subject or we are all doomed.
5. We are all most assuredly doomed regardless.
While I'm not sure who this is particularly in reference to I would hope that if it's me that you would be less "veiled" about any contradictions I've made in the hopes of better understanding through discussion.
