Difference between revisions of "Definition of God"

From Conservapedia
Jump to: navigation, search
(New page: == Defintion of God == A 'definition of God' is fairly hard to come by; in the major Abrahamic and Vedic faiths, God (in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam), Brahman (in Hinduism) and Buddh...)
 
Line 1: Line 1:
 
== Defintion of God ==
 
== Defintion of God ==
  
A 'definition of God' is fairly hard to come by; in the major Abrahamic and Vedic faiths, God (in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam), Brahman (in Hinduism) and Buddha Nature (in Buddhism) is often described as an infinite, ultimately unknowable reality outside of space and time, and thus a definition is difficult. Thomas Aquinas developed the idea of the [[Via Negativa]] to deal with this; he argued that instead of finding adjectives to describe God (e.g. 'God is X'), it is more profitable to find words which God is not - 'God is not limited', 'God is not evil', etc.
+
A 'definition of God' is fairly hard to come by; in the major Abrahamic and Vedic faiths, God (in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam), Brahman (in Hinduism) and Buddha Nature (in Buddhism) is often described as the infinite, ultimately unknowable reality outside of space and time that brought forth the universe. In science this is known as the Universal Force. Thomas Aquinas developed the idea of the [[Via Negativa]] to deal with this; he argued that instead of finding adjectives to describe God (e.g. 'God is X'), it is more profitable to find words which God is not - 'God is not limited', 'God is not evil', etc.

Revision as of 17:01, April 4, 2007

Defintion of God

A 'definition of God' is fairly hard to come by; in the major Abrahamic and Vedic faiths, God (in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam), Brahman (in Hinduism) and Buddha Nature (in Buddhism) is often described as the infinite, ultimately unknowable reality outside of space and time that brought forth the universe. In science this is known as the Universal Force. Thomas Aquinas developed the idea of the Via Negativa to deal with this; he argued that instead of finding adjectives to describe God (e.g. 'God is X'), it is more profitable to find words which God is not - 'God is not limited', 'God is not evil', etc.