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anciano

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4. Interesting post ....

Reply to sanatanadharma (Reply #3)

Sat Oct 21, 2023, 12:01 PM

Oct 2023

IMO there can never be a "common understanding" because the subject of the inquiry is beyond "human understanding."
Some people believe in a personal anthropomorphic supernatural divinity. Others believe in an impersonal force or energy that permeates and sustains the universe. And so on and so forth.
But there never has been a definitive answer to the question of what God is because the complexity of such a "being", "force" or "entity" would be unfathomable to human understanding. As mortals we are only endowed with enough understanding to be able to function as mortals.

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As long as religion and God are limited Christian concepts, the ??'s will never be answered sanatanadharma Oct 2023 #3

Interesting post .... anciano Oct 2023 #4

Perhaps not so inexplicable. sanatanadharma Oct 2023 #5

One additional observation for consideration.... anciano Oct 2023 #6

Claro que S, transcendence is the name of the game sanatanadharma Oct 2023 #7