What is your best description for God?

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He’s saying that in order to make a choice, there is a time-period of before the choice and then after the decision.
But supposedly, in his view, God cannot make a decision because He does not exist in a temporal sequence of yesterday, today and tomorrow.

But if that’s all STT can say about God after months of discussion here … :confused:
 
ANV said:
If you have to describe God, what would you say.
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From what standpoint, human reason, or human emotion?

From human reason … Unknowable given the limitations of the finite mind.
From human emotion … Love and Life
 
ANV said:
I didn’t understand this.
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There are two state of existence which are involved in act of creation, (1) God alone deciding at eternal point and (2) The decided act, either God only or God and creation… (2) however comes after (1). This means that there should exist a sort of time before creation and God is bounded to that. We believe that God lives at eternal point. Therefore we have to accept either (1) or (2). We however exist therefore (2) is correct. This means that God cannot decide too since as it was discussed the process of decision and act are two steps process (they are logical impossibility when it comes to God).
 
Eternal, possessing infinite goodness and pure love.

***“Holy God,
Holy Mighty One,
Holy Immortal One,
have mercy on us and on the whole world.”
 
STT said:
There are two state of existence which are involved in act of creation, (1) God alone deciding at eternal point and (2) The decided act, either God only or God and creation… (2) however comes after (1). This means that there should exist a sort of time before creation and God is bounded to that. We believe that God lives at eternal point. Therefore we have to accept either (1) or (2). We however exist therefore (2) is correct. This means that God cannot decide too since as it was discussed the process of decision and act are two steps process (they are logical impossibility when it comes to God).
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Why must 2 be any length of time after 1?
 
The Saint Augustine’s definition:

Something which nothing greater (or better) can be conceived.
 
STT said:
There are two state of existence which are involved in act of creation, (1) God alone deciding at eternal point and (2) The decided act, either God only or God and creation… (2) however comes after (1). This means that there should exist a sort of time before creation and God is bounded to that. We believe that God lives at eternal point. Therefore we have to accept either (1) or (2). We however exist therefore (2) is correct. This means that God cannot decide too since as it was discussed the process of decision and act are two steps process (they are logical impossibility when it comes to God).
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Molinism explained these questions in the 16th century.
 
reggieM said:
He’s saying that in order to make a choice, there is a time-period of before the choice and then after the decision.
But supposedly, in his view, God cannot make a decision because He does not exist in a temporal sequence of yesterday, today and tomorrow.

But if that’s all STT can say about God after months of discussion here … :confused:
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We and God exist now. That is one state of existence. There should be another state that God only exist, so He could decide. This is two step process and they cannot lay at the same eternal point. God however lives at the eternal now. Therefore we could not have the above state process. So we are the the first point, we (the act) and God exist.
 
reggieM said:
He’s saying that in order to make a choice, there is a time-period of before the choice and then after the decision.
But supposedly, in his view, God cannot make a decision because He does not exist in a temporal sequence of yesterday, today and tomorrow.

But if that’s all STT can say about God after months of discussion here … :confused:
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Sounds reasonable in that manner.
 
STT said:
Because they could not lay at the same point. You get a contradiction: Creation should exist and exist not at the same point.
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But why should there be an existent state without creation?
 
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