Origin of God? (The nature of a \'Creator\')

by David Turell , Sunday, April 24, 2016, 15:04 (3134 days ago) @ dhw

David: We do not why He did what He did. Basically I think our analysis has to come back to recognizing His acts are purposeful, but his underlying motives are hidden. We can be thankful we are here, nothing more. This is the maturity of thought Armstrong and I follow.[/i]
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> dhw: If you are now telling us that neither you nor Karen Armstrong can tell what he is like by seeing what he has created, and we should ignore the development of human concepts re God as the religious books appeared, and that “we can be thankful we are here, nothing more”, that's fine with me, though I can't help wondering what the rest of your Armstrong posts have been about.-What you have seen is my interpretation of Armstrong's views. Armstrong describes how religions view God in their 'faith' proclamations, but I never find her own personal view of God's personality. When she left her nun's order, it was because she came to find Catholic theology so frightening. She presents how different theologians and religions approached a presentation of their faith in God, not an analysis of God's personality. I simply work from what I see has been created. As an example of my viewpoint is my observation that one of God's works is human beings.
Chance cannot produce humans or their consciousness. Therefore God exists. Just that simple. As a reminder, you keep wanting more detail, when none exists for analysis. God is concealed.