The Master would insist that the final barrier to our attaining God was the word and concept "God."

This so infuriated the local priest that he came in a huff to argue the matter out with the Master.

"But surely the word 'God' can lead us to God?" said the priest.

"It can," said the Master calmly.

"How can something help and be a barrier?"

Said the Master, "The donkey that brings you to the door is not the means by which you enter the house."

Call it metaphysical mumbo-jumbo but I say this dude and I are on the same page. I take this to mean this: in the truest sense 'God' is the conscious and intelligent mind which is the lynchpin of reality. The appellation 'God' is quite the disservice.

Uyi Iredia: Call it metaphysical mumbo-jumbo but I say this dude and I are on the same page. I take this to mean this: in the truest sense 'God' is the conscious and intelligent mind which is the lynchpin of reality. The appellation 'God' is quite the disservice.

Where can I go to see exactly what u believe? I tell u, every other day I am not sure. I am truly interested.

texanomaly:
Where can I go to see exactly what u believe? I tell u, every other day I am not sure. I am truly interested.

I wish I could say. Labels though needed for clarification can be confusing. I once dubbed myself a Christian pantheist, meaning that I was a Christian who believed there was an element of truth about God to be found in all religions (atheism inclusive since I believed it was a religion). I was a typical Christian till events in my life and the pull of philosophy (a latent interest) put me on the path I'm now. For simplicity's sake, I say I'm a deist with Christian sympathies.

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But maybe we can start something. Have you heard of Kierkegaard's statement "God is but doesn't exist."

Uyi Iredia:

I wish I could say. Labels though needed for clarification can be confusing. I once dubbed myself a Christian pantheist, meaning that I was a Christian who believed there was an element of truth about God to be found in all religions (atheism inclusive since I believed it was a religion). I was a typical Christian till events in my life and the pull of philosophy (a latent interest) put me on the path I'm now. For simplicity's sake, I say I'm a deist with Christian sympathies.

. . .

But maybe we can start something. Have you heard of Kierkegaard's statement "God is but doesn't exist."

TRUTH Thy Name Be Paradox!

imhotep: The Master would insist that the final barrier to our attaining God was the word and concept "God."

This so infuriated the local priest that he came in a huff to argue the matter out with the Master.

"But surely the word 'God' can lead us to God?" said the priest.

"It can," said the Master calmly.

"How can something help and be a barrier?"

Said the Master, "The donkey that brings you to the door is not the means by which you enter the house."

thats what the devil thought too. Keep up the good work, like he did, cuz he failed, like you will. Man can know God. But he doesnt want to know God. He wants to 'attain' God. I call it rebellion. Humanity is at the end of its tenure.

Chibuebem: thats what the devil thought too. Keep up the good work, like he did, cuz he failed, like you will. Man can know God. But he doesnt want to know God. He wants to 'attain' God. I call it rebellion. Humanity is at the end of its tenure.

No one can be God any more than I (or you) can be a Jonathan, Sam Adeyemi or Yemi Olabode.

texanomaly:
TRUTH Thy Name Be Paradox!

Lol. I have made peace with the fact that people's beliefs or unbeliefs have paradoxes.

“Contradiction is not a sign of falsity, nor
the lack of contradiction a sign of truth.”
― Blaise Pascal