Intentionally Hidden (Religion)

by David Turell , Sunday, March 31, 2013, 16:30 (4037 days ago) @ Balance_Maintained

Tony: I think the testament of that love is the greatest purpose the Bible serves. We can learn and speculate all on our own about the nature of a creator, even if we get to the point where we acknowledge his existence by virtue of our own experience and observations, but they do not give us the vital clues needed to understand him. Just like an engineer is not wholly defined by their designs, DHW by his previous profession, David by his books, and I by my games, God can not fully be understood by his creations alone. This is especially true in light of how much we have screwed it all up. 
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> The bible provides that window to the personality. While DHW & David may scoff at the idea of anthropomorphic details of Gods personality, I personally find no disparity between what I see in my own experience and observations and what I read in the Bible.-If I accepted the bible beyond the true history it contains, I could accept your interpretation of the 'love' aspect. Unfortunately I do not accept the contention that the written words are under the control of divine inspiration and are inerrent. They are written by humans with points to make. God can be seen in his creations. Only God could have done this. Beyond that it is all human speculation. The Bible sets moral and ethical guidelines as a proper backdrop for our civilized activity. And yes, we screw it up. Whether God cares or not is human speculation. I can love God in thankfulness for his gift of life, and reasonably expect no more in return. In Hebrew we say: "it is enough". Deyanu, from the Sedar service.