tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2713231510890712652.post5212376832193038401..comments2024-03-02T08:27:42.344+00:00Comments on Theological Scribbles: Excellent book on divine simplicityRobin Parryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08856329564156757485noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2713231510890712652.post-53274325082361180922012-03-05T18:13:38.707+00:002012-03-05T18:13:38.707+00:00Dianelos
You are absolutely right in what you say...Dianelos<br /><br />You are absolutely right in what you say about God being Trinity and being love and experienced by us in time.<br /><br />I am not so happy about Hick though. Hick's ultimate reality — The REAL — is not trinitarian. The Trinity is a Christian myth in the phenomenal realm but the reality in the noumenal realm is radically ineffible. <br /><br />That leaves little room for any truth claims about God.Robin Parryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08856329564156757485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2713231510890712652.post-56771946396194455642012-02-21T15:45:02.301+00:002012-02-21T15:45:02.301+00:00God, being the metaphysically ultimate, is simple....God, being the metaphysically ultimate, is simple. But God is not only the metaphysically ultimate, and is not just simple. Thus God is Trinitarian. <br /><br />God, being the greatest conceivable being, is a person. But God is not only a person. Thus God is also love. And God is truth. And God is beauty. <br /><br />God is timeless, but in our experience of Him/Her and in His/Her experience of us, is in time. How boring would it be for God if God were just timeless. <br /><br />One should not try to push the concept of God into small boxes. Categories receive their meaning by being grounded on God, thus to try in turn to assign God into categories is kind of absurd. John Hick is I think quite right when he says that God is transcategorical.Dianelos Georgoudishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09925591703967774000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2713231510890712652.post-15342584706901192112012-02-18T00:18:56.446+00:002012-02-18T00:18:56.446+00:00This book sounds like fun. I don't know when I...This book sounds like fun. I don't know when I'll get to it, but I'm up for the challenge of a thoughtful argument defending that God is identical to his essence. : -)James Goetzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02412501436355228925noreply@blogger.com