the seven faces of God

[HatterMaxwell]

Originally Posted by Masero

Why couldn't your God be a collection of all seven, just at different times in your walk of faith?

I think we too often try to humanize God or put him in a box. I'm quite sure that God is above human logic and classification, and ultimately above our ability to understand him completely.

I disagree.
I don't feel like god would want to imperceptible.
Or create a being that can't understand its (god's) role in the creature's life.
No, god wants us to see it in everything we do, I enjoy a relationship with the god that I hope to meet in the afterlife.
The only thing that angers me is that it's a one way relationship.
I'm sure it has a reason, but I would really like to know why it won't speak to me.

[Masero]

Originally Posted by HatterMaxwell

I disagree.
I don't feel like god would want to imperceptible.
Or create a being that can't understand its (god's) role in the creature's life.
No, god wants us to see it in everything we do, I enjoy a relationship with the god that I hope to meet in the afterlife.
The only thing that angers me is that it's a one way relationship.
I'm sure it has a reason, but I would really like to know why it won't speak to me.

See that's not a relationship. I've heard God speak to me before, but not verbally.

I don't believe that God desires a personal relationship sometimes because it sometimes feels like he's only helping us b/c the nagging gets irritating. Others I know say they talk to God all the time and he listens.

I think when you pray, your subconscious is telling you what it wants you to hear, not God saying "go down this road" but your gut feeling either A. Putting Logic first or B. Putting Emotion first.

But then at other times it feels like God is there every step of the way... it's confusing. But it really all boils back to the tenant of faith.

If God really wanted us to rely on faith, then possibly he doesn't speak to us because he wants us to REALLY use faith to believe that the actions corresponding to your prayers are his way of saying yes or no or maybe later.

It sounds like a cop-out to some, but maybe they're just over-thinking the situation. Sometimes we let Logic rule our lives far too much and it ends up putting us in this wretched closed up box that really doesn't allow us any freedom of choice. Alternatively, some people over-use emotion too much to do the exact same thing. We need to find a happy balance.