Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Johannes Scotus Erigena
"God is the source, the well of creation....unknowable, unthinkable, unnamable, yet at every moment inexhaustibly present." I have read a lot about how God is the creator of everything yet he is present in everything, but I really like this way to say that. You can say that many different ways, it just seems so right to say he is inexhaustibly present. "We ought not to understand God and creation as two thingsdistinct from eachother, but as one and the same." If he created everything then it is logical to say that God is creation. He is not only the source of creation, but the act of creation. I think that a lot of these reading are basically saying the same thing, just in a different way. I think a lot of religions are basically saying the same thing just in a different way. I guess that is why I do not really understand why people argue over religion. If they would just listen to eachother and not be stuck in their own ways then I think they would probably end up agreeing with eachother...not necessarily believe eachothers religions but realizing that they are not as different as they seem. People are uncomfortable with anything different than themselves though, and I think that is where a lot of religious tension comes from. I think it also comes from a lack of understanding, and misperceptions about other faiths.
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Hello, about creation, it is interesting what you state. I look at creation kind of simple, as an example; when you look at a painting, you logically observe it and agree that somebody made that piece of art. You don't know that artist, but you know he/she there. Same in creation, I see a Creator, through the creation God made. About religions, there's much difference in them, while most of them are just moral guidelines. Tim.
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