2007-03-21 04:07:51 · 7 answers · asked by Quantrill 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I don't believe we can fully rationalize God, since we lack the capacity to completely understand Him; sometimes, our rationalizations are correct, and other times, they miss the mark. Yet, He clearly wants us to meditate upon His existance and have a close relationship with Him.
I think God explains it best at Jeremiah 9:22-23:
"Thus saith HaShem: Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches; But let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth, and knoweth Me, that I am HaShem who exercise mercy, justice, and righteousness, in the earth; for in these things I delight, saith HaShem."
2007-03-21 04:21:10 · answer #1 · answered by Suzanne: YPA 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i think that its not a matter of whether or not you can rationalize him because if you believe in God and have a relationship with him i think that you will feel him whether you think you will or not. I can't tell you how many times i've been worshipping and i feel God's presence when i don't even think that i'm going to. One time at a church retreat, i was worshipping and i suddenly and spontaneously felt Jesus wrap his arms around me and hug me. oh my gosh it was amazing. I knew he was there can i guess i rationalized it but the important thing was that i believed and he responded to it by being there for me and letting me know it.
2007-03-21 11:18:12 · answer #2 · answered by Jenna M 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Several years ago I had an unusual experience concerning an uncle, a distant relative who lived over a thousand miles away.
While driving my car I suddenly felt the unmistakable presence of this relative that I hardly even knew. He was more like someone I had heard about than someone I knew. It was very strange; it felt as though I was momentarily lifted right out of my physical body. I seemed to be suspended somehow beyond space and time, bathed in a love so intense It felt like I could have just disappear into it at any moment if It would have let me. It only lasted for a few seconds, but it seemed to last forever at the same time. I realize how crazy this must sound. The experience was so strong that at first I was afraid I was loosing my grip on reality. I finally managed to chalk it up to an over active imagination.
Three days later I got a call from my aunt telling me that this uncle we are talking about had gone into a coma and died the day I had the experience. It felt like ice water had been poured down my back when she told me this. I had lost any real ideas of God or faith and had become somewhat of an atheist. Needless to say this experience caused me to rethink some of the conclusions I had come to.
I feel blessed to now understand that even in our darkest confusion something loves us so much that it went out of its way to assist me and bring me back to a state of absolute certainty about Gods love for us.
During the experience it seemed like there was a vast amount of information that I was somehow allowed access to. One thing that I came away from this experience understanding beyond any shadow of a doubt was that any Idea that God is unhappy with us or would judge or allow us to be punished for any reason is simply impossible.
I can’t explain the love I felt with words. They simply don’t make words big enough or complete enough to do this. The only way I can begin to convey this love to you is to say that there was simply nothing else there. Nothing but love. No hint of judgment, no displeasure of any sort. It is as though God sees us as being as perfect as we were the day we were created. It is only in our confused idea of ourselves that we seem to have changed.
I hope this is of some help to you. Good luck. Love and blessings.
Your brother don
2007-03-21 11:10:03 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
God cannot be rationalized. This would be like putting Him in a box and making Him fit OUR mold.
2007-03-21 11:10:14 · answer #4 · answered by Dr. Linder 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Excellent question. I believe He needs to be felt. Everything else is faith.
2007-03-21 11:15:07 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
i don't know this G-d you're talking about so you might wanna try God. go ahead say it, GOD, JEHOVAH, LOVE. anyway, god gave us minds, right? he wants us to discover. but we also have to feel him.
2007-03-21 11:14:17 · answer #6 · answered by That one guy 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
If he can feel me...Im pressing charges.
2007-03-21 11:11:10 · answer #7 · answered by ste.phunny 4 · 1⤊ 2⤋