IsmailaGodHasHeard
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I am just curious.
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Do you believe that God is personal?
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Gjallarhorn
N'yog-Sothep
Absolutely.
Levite
Higher and Higher
Judaism essentially proposes a paradoxical God: one who is transcendent and immanent, simultaneously.
So, I kind of believe God is both personal and impersonal. The aspects of God which are the most transcendant (called in Kabbalistic parlance Ein Sof, or The Infinite) are, as I understand them, more or less impersonal. But the other aspects of God, which are more immanent, reflect a more or less personal God.
I treat God as personal, and expect that the immanent aspects of God respond as such. But I also presume that the most transcendant aspects of God are not only ineffable to me (or any human), but do not "care" to try and have me comprehend them, as they are too remote.
I don't know how much sense that makes. It sounds better in my head, in Hebrew....
IsmailaGodHasHeard
Well-Known Member
Rock on. I believe that God is personal too.
The Sum of Awe
Brought to you by the moment that spacetime began.
Nope, so I decided I was in need of a God, and that is myself, and myself is personal.
IsmailaGodHasHeard
Well-Known Member
Oh wow. That is interesting.
IsmailaGodHasHeard
Well-Known Member
Rock on. I do not know how he can be both.
Katzpur
Not your average Mormon
As personal as conceivably possible. I believe He knows each and every human being on earth by name, and that he cares about each and every one of them.
IsmailaGodHasHeard
Well-Known Member
Amen to that.
leon_the_14
New Member
Pretty much agree with this.
If you want to be personal with God then approach him.
Horcrux_6
Winchester
Forgive me but how does that explain genocide, absolutely horrific torture, domestic abuse, and, on the whole, every other kind of inconceivable act that befalls a high percentage of humans on a daily basis? Not saying you're wrong, per say, just find it hard to rationally accept that without understanding the reasoning behind it.
I agree with Levite, to a certain extent. Funny old question though.
As god exists only in the minds of those who wish to believe in it, yes, it's personal
SaintAugustine
At the Monastery
He's God, he can be anything he wants...but yes, both personal and immanent.
Sultan Of Swing
Well-Known Member
What do you want God to do? Destroy every weapon and ensure that no human does evil?
Our free will would then disappear in the blink of an eye, and the world would lose those amazing glimpses of human goodness and kindness completely of our own volition as we choose to try and make a difference and help those around us despite the many cases of horrific evils around us.
God has given humanity the free will to do both good and evil.
God promises to free us from the bad things of this world when we die. Any suffering we had to endure in our finite lifetimes are more than made up for by spending an infinite amount of time in happiness with God. We are given the free will to choose to follow Him and spend eternity with Him.
hackwrench
New Member
I believe there is an entity I originated from and yet is not me that seeks to know what has become of me, and consistently sends me something of sustenance to my very being.
Acintya_Ash
Bhakta
Yep i believe in a personal God who is eternal, transcendental, who is the source of all sources and the Supreme Cause......The Supreme Personality of Godhead Krishna