tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-775318177583314135.post2334390491812523173..comments2023-09-25T11:18:26.654-04:00Comments on Doug's Dribblings: God Is GodDoug Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18027574195522869708noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-775318177583314135.post-74236790201392727672015-01-14T18:45:26.228-05:002015-01-14T18:45:26.228-05:00Yes, I will be getting to that as promised, as soo...Yes, I will be getting to that as promised, as soon as I have the time to do it justice. Not an easy thing to do. I mean trying to put these things into words in a way which expresses adequately what I think. And I'm still rather open-minded about these things.Doug Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18027574195522869708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-775318177583314135.post-55513338275017653952015-01-14T07:01:30.808-05:002015-01-14T07:01:30.808-05:00Just getting back to your blog now. Thanks for cl...Just getting back to your blog now. Thanks for clarification. Looking forward to your "developing" thoughts. Especially in regards to the rest of my question. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-775318177583314135.post-82071358949975206662015-01-12T16:47:15.604-05:002015-01-12T16:47:15.604-05:00Hi, Alice. God is envisioned different ways throug...Hi, Alice. God is envisioned different ways throughout the Bible. Sometimes rather crudely, I think, especially in the Pentateuch. I'm with you on thinking about the ultimate reality as non-anthropomorphic. But speaking anthropomorphically is handy sometimes in making points. Other times not so much. Religious language is rich in metaphor.Doug Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18027574195522869708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-775318177583314135.post-3946970386664108482015-01-12T09:00:49.868-05:002015-01-12T09:00:49.868-05:00Many versions of God in the bible, I guess I never...Many versions of God in the bible, I guess I never heard that put so succinctly, but yes, I can see that. We all chose our pet version (wrathful/hates the sames things I do- loving/ all forgiving). <br /><br /><br />I like to think of ulimate reality as non-anthropomorphic myself, if there is such a thing. Alicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00380432930727921469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-775318177583314135.post-78133230906973272452015-01-12T04:43:50.642-05:002015-01-12T04:43:50.642-05:00Hi unkleE, and thanks for your comment. I bet if y...Hi unkleE, and thanks for your comment. I bet if you talked to twenty different people who know me - say, people I work with, my neighbors, old friends, people I do business with, my cyber friends, even my family - you would come up with twenty different expressions of who I am. I'm certain there would be great similarities, but I'm sure there would be some conflicting ideas. How much more so with God, who is experienced by billions of us! Doug Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18027574195522869708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-775318177583314135.post-74896749560800942112015-01-11T15:45:48.797-05:002015-01-11T15:45:48.797-05:00"Indeed, I don't think there is a "B...<i>"Indeed, I don't think there is a "Bible God." There are several different visions of God in the Bible. The systematic theologians created the concept of "the Bible God." They ignore and downplay the evolution of the concept of God contained in their sacred literature."</i><br /><br />I am much closer to being a conventional christian than you, but I still agree with this, and think it is very important. Once we understand that there are several viewpoints expressed in the Old Testament, signs of progress in understanding between the law and the prophets and then into the New Testament, and that the NT writers and Jesus don't always treat the OT as literal and sometimes change its meaning, it must change something in how we think.<br /><br />People mostly argue about what we each think is the true belief about God, but I also wonder about how much fuzziness about the margins is acceptable to God. In mathematical terms, we argue about the mean but I also wonder about the standard deviation.<br /><br />I too like the Rabbi Eliezer Berkovits quote.unkleEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12207729664951716799noreply@blogger.com