Administrators Tom Wetmore Posted July 20, 2011 Administrators Posted July 20, 2011 OK, this is the sort of out-of-the-box thinking I am talking about! I love the way this guy thinks. Read this thought provoking interview with Wired magazine's founder, Kevin Kelly and see if it stimulates some ideas for us to ponder - Geek Theologian Quote "Absurdity reigns and confusion makes it look good." "Sinless perfection is such a shallow goal." "I love God only as much as the person I love the least." *Forgiveness is always good news. And that is the gospel truth. (And finally, the ideas expressed above are solely my person views and not that of any organization with which I am associated.)
CoAspen Posted July 20, 2011 Posted July 20, 2011 Very Good! Which I could quote the last para of the article! Quote
Administrators Tom Wetmore Posted July 21, 2011 Author Administrators Posted July 21, 2011 Yes, imagine a dynamic boundless place beyond matter, energy and time that is perpetually growing, moving and improving on perfect goodness. Its exact and complete opposite is utter stasis. There is a vast chasm that separates these polar extremes. The latter could only be hell. The former, heaven. The difference between life and death. How is that for summing it up without quoting it? Quote "Absurdity reigns and confusion makes it look good." "Sinless perfection is such a shallow goal." "I love God only as much as the person I love the least." *Forgiveness is always good news. And that is the gospel truth. (And finally, the ideas expressed above are solely my person views and not that of any organization with which I am associated.)
CoAspen Posted July 21, 2011 Posted July 21, 2011 Ya, I think that thought sums up or better expresses what heaven and goodness are all about. Goodness must improve, I believe, by definition. This idea could be very well a description of God....maybe the best one yet!! Quote
Moderators Nan Posted July 22, 2011 Moderators Posted July 22, 2011 Trying to define the Infinite with finite words derived from finite understanding is always going to be difficult...but you are all giving it a good go. Quote
CoAspen Posted July 22, 2011 Posted July 22, 2011 I was thinking about the article again the other day. It seems to me christianity spends an abundant amout of time trying to keep God in a 4 square box that was made soon after Adam and Eve lost that personal contact. It could be the only way we can understand God, by bringing Him to our knowledge level and keeping Him there. Have we really tried to learn, explore and think(out of the box) of what God really is? We have increased our knowledge of this world and the universe by leaps and bounds but still the God Box stays the same size! Why? Are we unable to absorb all of the data and what it could mean? Do we fear this data, if processed, will cause a loss of belief in God, the one in the box? Quote
Moderators Nan Posted July 22, 2011 Moderators Posted July 22, 2011 I once learnt in Social Psychology of the Peter Principle...one of the result of which is, once we have named something, we think we understand it better. Not so sure that works in the God context. Quote
Moderators Nan Posted July 22, 2011 Moderators Posted July 22, 2011 Obviously the Peter Principle I learnt does not fit the Google version....which principle I had thought enunciated by C Northcote Parkinson....I am being careful not to quote either here, so I hope this is permissible on this forum :) Quote
cardw Posted July 23, 2011 Posted July 23, 2011 Or as George Carlin said that once you've named something you're stuck with it. Quote Rich http://tiny.cc/CM2j8
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