I have been following endless debates between Atheists and Believers and have always wondered if there is any way to reconcile between the two.
The difficulty I believe is in the person-centered view of God. We have been conditioned to think of God as a person with some super-human qualities - usually sitting somewhere up there in the sky which really sounds like a fairy tale - however comforting it may be.
As soon as we think of God as a person, we are defining a body / form and every form has limitations. That concept does not reconcile with the other view of omnipotence / omniscience etc.
I think that the real breakthrough in the God understanding is possible if we apply the paradigm of principle to God instead of the paradigm of a person. We are familiar with principles - which never change with time, are invisible, but always evident. While we cannot see principles no one can argue that they don't exist.
Thinking of God as a principle, can reconcile all differences, just the way science ( which is about discovery and understanding of principles) is universally accepted. This can also reconcile the differences between science and religion. This can be a hope for humanity to live together in harmony!
The difficulty I believe is in the person-centered view of God. We have been conditioned to think of God as a person with some super-human qualities - usually sitting somewhere up there in the sky which really sounds like a fairy tale - however comforting it may be.
As soon as we think of God as a person, we are defining a body / form and every form has limitations. That concept does not reconcile with the other view of omnipotence / omniscience etc.
I think that the real breakthrough in the God understanding is possible if we apply the paradigm of principle to God instead of the paradigm of a person. We are familiar with principles - which never change with time, are invisible, but always evident. While we cannot see principles no one can argue that they don't exist.
Thinking of God as a principle, can reconcile all differences, just the way science ( which is about discovery and understanding of principles) is universally accepted. This can also reconcile the differences between science and religion. This can be a hope for humanity to live together in harmony!
