>Yes. And I at no time suggest that God is limited in time and space and to >only existing within the universe. The point is that I don't so much see God >as "a being" but "the essence of being."
OK, that is a little clearer for me. I think I can distinguish between such a God and say, my understanding of Paul Davies suggestion that the material universe is somehow predisposed to develop in a particular way that includes living beings, consciousness and intelligence. Such a predisposition does not exist outside of the universe itself, because it is an aspect of it. But what is the difference between "being" and "essence of being"? I have this image from childhood that essence is something you put into a cake recipe and that essence is something distilled from another thing, like flavouring. What do you mean by essence in this context? - Greg ------------------------------------------------------ - You are subscribed to the mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put in the message body 'unsubscribe insights-l' (ell, not one (1)) See: http://nsw.uca.org.au/insights-l-information.htm ------------------------------------------------------
