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From: dan@scgvaxd.UUCP (Dan Boskovich)
Newsgroups: net.origins
Subject: Re: From one piece of 'dust' to another.
Message-ID: <304@scgvaxd.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 6-May-85 15:48:19 EDT
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Posted: Mon May  6 15:48:19 1985
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Reply-To: dan@scgvaxd.UUCP (Dan Boskovich)
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Summary: 

>Please,Ken, give us the definition of the Creator.  I'll help
>by starting the sentence for you: X is the Creator (or God, if
>you prefer) if and only if X ...
>

  I sure don't know what this question is doing in net.origins but I
  will answer it anyway. Asking a human being to define God is like
  asking an ant to define a human being, except it would be much easier
  for the ant. It is impossible for the finite to understand, much less
  define the infinite. God is described in the scriptures. We can never
  completely understand God but through the scriptures it is possible
  to know very much about him. The scriptures say He is infinite love,
  perfectly holy, just, merciful, patient, etc. All powerful, all seeing,
  all knowing. If you think you can put all this in a definition, you
  are crazy. Humans are very intelligent creatures. Some are more
  intelligent than others. Why must we be able to define and understand
  God before we can acknowledge Him. Humanism seems to be based on
  human arrogance and pride and lack of humility. We will never know
  and understand God until we can fall into the these catagories of the
  Sermon on the Mount. "Blessed are the poor in spirit.... Blessed are
  those who hunger and thirst for righteousness....They shall see God.

  The poor in spirit is the one who acknowledges his spiritual poverty,
  that is, his own spiritual shortcomings. The other is self-explanatory!

  Do you actually think that a God with all the attributes mentioned
  above would reveal himself only to those smart enough to define Him.

  God is not interested in Phd's, definitions, and scientific laws. He
  is interested in our inner beings. Thats why Christ said, "Unless you
  become as a little child, you cannot see the Kingdom of Heaven!"


					Dan