Does one doubt the existence of God during the Beatific Vision?

[BenSinner]

When somebody sees God in his true form, is the person still able to doubt that is actually God he is “seeing”?

 

[midori]

No.

Because it’s not just seeing, the way you see Venus, or the moon, or a daffodil, or a mountain.

It’s more like immersion. So it would be like floating on a life preserver in the middle of an ocean, being surrounded by ocean, and having ocean all around you. You don’t doubt that you’re in the middle of the ocean, because it’s there, and it’s tangible. But you don’t have to worry about sharks. Or drowning. Or sharks.

Likewise, right now, we’re limited by our senses. If I can’t see or hear who’s on the other side of the door, I have no clue if there’s anyone in that room or not. But afterwards, there’s just Reality. You not only know about the person in the room, but you know who it is, and why they’re there, and what happened to bring them there, and so on, without all the tedium of explanations or figuring information out.

 

[GEddie]

I doubt you could doubt God while experiencing Him, any more than you could doubt the existence of air during a maximum inhale

ICXC NIKA

 

[fhansen]

When somebody sees God in his true form, is the person still able to doubt that is actually God he is “seeing”?

The knowledge is totally infused, cannot be ignored, too good to ignore anyway.