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This should not be a difficult one!

Philosophically define God.

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God is man’s idea of ultimate existence & intelligence.
 
[34](javascript:openWindow(‘cr/34.htm’)😉 The world, and man, attest that they contain within themselves neither their first principle nor their final end, but rather that they participate in Being itself, which alone is without origin or end. Thus, in different ways, man can come to know that there exists a reality which is the first cause and final end of all things, a reality “that everyone calls God”.10
 
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[34](javascript:openWindow(‘cr/34.htm’)😉 The world, and man, attest that they contain within themselves neither their first principle nor their final end, but rather that they participate in Being itself, which alone is without origin or end. Thus, in different ways, man can come to know that there exists a reality which is the first cause and final end of all things, a reality “that everyone calls God”.10
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Where is that quoted from?
 
". . . the Father, Almighty, Creator of Heaven and Earth, of all that is seen and unseen . . . "
 
God is One Divine Eternal Act,
the act of being everything that God is
and of doing everything that God does,
and nothing else.
 
Tim_Kirchoff said:
God is.
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That’s exactly what I came up with when I fell away from the Church. But now it’s more ‘maybe God’ 🙂

I also appreciate Goethe’s definition as Faust attempts to translate John’s gospel:

In the beginning was the Word.
Already I am stopped. It seems absurd.
The Word does not deserve the highest prize,
I must translate it otherwise.
If I am well inspired and not blind.
It says: In the beginning was the Mind.
Ponder that first line, wait and see,
Lest you should write too hastily.
Is mind the all creating source?
It ought to say: In the beginning there was Force.
Yet something warns me as I grasp the pen,
That my translation must be changed again.
The spirit helps me. Now it is exact.
I write: In the beginning was the Act.
 
Questioning said:
This should not be a difficult one!

Philosophically define God.

on your mark get set…GO!
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God is what necessarily exists. As Christians we also believe that this a being, an intelligence or a consciousness and a will. All else is accident.
 
Philosophically define God.
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The necessary Being who has created my unnecessary being, and has inexplicably given me the ability to contemplate this reality.

-Tim
 
Questioning said:
This should not be a difficult one!
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Difficult? It’s impossible. Can’t be done. Not with any means of reasoning or communicating at our disposal.
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We cannot know *what *God is, only *that *He Is.

Catholic dogma sets some boundaries on our definition, but they are wide, and within them there is no wrong answer.

Pax
 
Mirdath said:
That’s exactly what I came up with when I fell away from the Church. But now it’s more ‘maybe God’ 🙂

I also appreciate Goethe’s definition as Faust attempts to translate John’s gospel:

In the beginning was the Word.
Already I am stopped. It seems absurd.
The Word does not deserve the highest prize,
I must translate it otherwise.
If I am well inspired and not blind.
It says: In the beginning was the Mind.
Ponder that first line, wait and see,
Lest you should write too hastily.
Is mind the all creating source?
It ought to say: In the beginning there was Force.
Yet something warns me as I grasp the pen,
That my translation must be changed again.
The spirit helps me. Now it is exact.
I write: In the beginning was the Act.
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I think it’s more accurate to characterize this as Faust’s thoughts, which Goethe used in constructing a character whose hubris ultimately brought about his destruction, rather than Goethe’s “definition” of God.

Peace,
Dante
 
Neithan said:
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Are you being disingenuous or just ignorant?

I am neither. Just Questioning how others define God. I have received much help here on this forum.

Are you rude or just a jerk?

Pax
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Neithan said:
Difficult? It’s impossible. Can’t be done. Not with any means of reasoning or communicating at our disposal.
[Edited by Moderator]

We cannot know *what *God is, only *that *He Is.

Catholic dogma sets some boundaries on our definition, but they are wide, and within them there is no wrong answer.

Pax
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Allow me to rephrase the ‘insulting personal question’ edited out of my previous post:

Questioning? >> Do you honestly think that defining God is not difficult philosophically or do you know that it is difficult/impossible and are subtly trying to prove a point by asking?

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Questioning said:
This should not be a difficult one!

Philosophically define God.

on your mark get set…GO!
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God:
The only word capable of being processed by the mind of man that cannot ultimately be defined using human thought or language.
 
Neithan said:
Questioning? >> Do you honestly think that defining God is not difficult philosophically or do you know that it is difficult/impossible and are subtly trying to prove a point by asking?
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Thank you for rephrasing,

I think it is difficult and near impossible but I sincerely am not trying to prove a point by asking. I am trying to gather info on what other peoples ideas or definitions of God are.

I think that people’s responses above have attested to the fact it is very difficult, but again i am not trying to prove a point just merely placing the question.
 
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