On 18 May, 18:18, gabbydott <[email protected]> wrote: > Pat is mistaking himself for God, but he's not the only one here, > which makes them bearable. >
I'll ignore that. I lay NO claims to such and have never made such claims. I'll ask God to forgive your error. But, please, don't lay that claim at my feet, again. It's a bold-faced lie. > On 18 Mai, 16:16, DarkwaterBlight <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I must be missing something here FF... Who's the determinist conmen > > that "we" are mistaking? I also have no feeling that God's > > understanding is anything less than infinite. The illusion that the so > > called "haves" have created, has been a veil of perception. I think I > > can agree on that point provided I am understanding you correctly. > > Would you care to continue in your discourse and elaborate? > > > On May 16, 10:18 pm, Fiercely Free <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > 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.- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text -
