Pat,
God's understanding is infinite. There's no doubt about that.
When we mistake some determinist conmen for omnipotent entity, we get
the feeling that God's understanding is not infinite. This ignorance
gives rise to illusion which, in turn, prompts us to assume that
opinion of "haves" represents the entire cosmic awareness...
On May 7, 8:09 pm, Pat <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 7 May, 15:53, RP <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > God is the mind which concieves the universe , He is the mind which
> > runs it, and He is the mind which destroys it. He does not see in the
> > manner in which we see each other and He does not act in the manner in
> > which we act. His awareness and action is transcendental in nature. In
> > our vanity we may pretend to comprehend Him, but we do not see or
> > accept the fact that our intelligence is not infinite but only a few
> > grades above that of animals. We have to just look at animals to
> > realise that , after all our understanding also is finite. We are
> > learning and growing day by day , but we are far from being Supreme.
>
> Well, He does see as we do, but He also sees in a way we do not. When
> you look at something, in reality, it is Him that is seeing (and
> hearing and every other sensation any of us sense). And His ability
> to multiprocess all our awarenesses (and the awareness of all living
> things!) is a part of what defines His transcendant abilities. But
> there are more (unseen) places than just this 4-D universe and His
> wareness includes all that, as well. You're also right about our
> level of consciousness being not that much above other animals. It is
> our conceit that leads us to believe we are far greater than they
> are. But we're not. God can think like a tree (and, in fact thinks
> like each tree, as each tree's awareness is, in fact, His), yet no
> animal can. I'm not sure that God's understanding is infinite, but it
> is comprehensive, that is, it covers everything, though there may be a
> limit, that limit is far beyond our comprehension.
