Thank you for your most apt and concise response Julian0404. It really spurs my way of thinking. Then again this implies that a philosopher must continue to develop thoughts, theories, perceptions on God. Since this is a way that one can continually engage in the search of God. **No such implication is made by my statements. The pursuit of God does not necessarily require original, new philosophies. Most people start from existing ones and work to accept or disagree with them. Their conscience and choice is both protected and respected by God, as He made you with free will. You do not have to chose Him, or philosophically approach Him.
The label of heretic would be applied when a course of action - or philosophy - attempts to subvert the reason and truth to a more relative and personal concept that is juxtaposed to the existing action - or philosophy. To the believers of either course, they are both true. And subsequently, either can call the other “heretic”. But to GOD, either or neither may be reasonable or true, but He will not interferre with your free will to chose either or neither. However, on the day of our eternal judgement, we will learn the outcome of all of our philosophies. **
Forgive my ignorance but I have one more issue. My query arises from the this continual demand of philosophy. Should one develop a theory that supposedly misleads his soul and those of others, say, something like Manichaeism, Gnostiscim and cult like thoughts, is one committing a sin? It might be stated that s/he is only trying to comprehend God and as far as their reasoning has led/allowed them, they have attained that level in question. Why then call proponents of such theories heretics.
