Once you say this, you place a border on "God". You have placed words around him. - "God is infinite". So even "infinite" is a word, which places God in the inside of the border.
2007-04-29 08:22:34 · 15 answers · asked by Anya 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Words are made up by us. They mean nothing-they don't express teh feeling/sensation that which they represent.
You can say God is beyond infinity/love/anything, but never- God if infinite/love/w/e
Beyond.
No i didn't stay up all night. Intresting enough, im only 14 but i spent some time thinking about it . I want to know the truth of everything
2007-04-29 08:40:50 · update #1
For all the people who said that words are to be blamed in saying "God is infinite", I strongly agree.
Yet, can you not say "God in beyond infinity/love/power...etc...
You can, can't you?
2007-04-29 09:15:14 · update #2
I think the big "trick" that your struggling with is learning to use words to describe things that the words really aren't "designed" to apply to.
human language is very limited in that sense, you have to use words that are "supposed" to fit, even if they don't exactly fit right.
a finite viewpoint cannot encompass real infinite-ness. so you kinda have to have a word that references past its own scope, and accept "while this word doesn't really encompass the concept fully, it points at what I mean" as good enough.
the real pisser is when you want to try to discuss a complex concept, and 2 people refuse to come to an agreement on what terms, even for that conversation, mean what. so in essence they use the same word for two entirely different things, inadvertently assuming that the other person means what THEY mean when they use the same word, and it just gets nowhere.
2007-04-29 08:48:02 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You have to remember that our words are limited. We really can only describe so much (ever hear someone utter anything like "I can't find the words to describe it"?). But sometimes we still describe people, places, and things (including God) as best we can, even when words come up short.
But even then, are we really placing any sort of borders or boundaries on God (or anything else)? No, I personally don't think so. I just somehow don't see anyone or anything (espcially someone as powerful as God is!) really, truly being limited by the way we decribe them (with the possible exception of in our own minds).
2007-04-29 08:56:04 · answer #2 · answered by Rynok 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Then by that same logic you cannot say that God is "love, all-merciful, omnipotent, omnipresent, forgiving" etc.
We humans are, by our very nature, limitted in how we can understand God. We are stuck in the categorical (3 dimensions, space, time, etc.) while God transcends all this. We do our best with the limits of language and understanding to describe God and those who are wise realize that we aren't anywhere near hitting the mark.
This is why there is a popular trend in theology that I call "definition by negatives." Since we cannot accurately say what God is (either we're wrong, we've limitted God, we're assigning human characteristics to God,etc), some will try to explain God by going through what God is not.
2007-04-29 08:37:13 · answer #3 · answered by Church Music Girl 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
infinite
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Main Entry: 1in·fi·nite
Pronunciation: 'in-f&-n&t
Function: adjective
Etymology: Middle English infinit, from Anglo-French or Latin; Anglo-French, from Latin infinitus, from in- + finitus finite
1 : extending indefinitely : ENDLESS
2 : immeasurably or inconceivably great or extensive : INEXHAUSTIBLE
3 : subject to no limitation or external determination
4 a : extending beyond, lying beyond, or being greater than any preassigned finite value however large
2007-04-29 08:41:22 · answer #4 · answered by NickofTyme 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It doesn't matter what one defines god to be. You can define gods to be finite or infinite. You can say god is a grilled cheese sandwich.
Since there is no evidence to support the existence of any god(s), trying to define something that has no determinate existence is like mental masturbation.
2007-04-29 08:32:58 · answer #5 · answered by CC 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You can answer the question like that you said : (God in the inside of the border). make it (outside).
added to that words can't limit God.
2007-04-29 08:45:55 · answer #6 · answered by Mosa A 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ouch. That gave me a headache.
So you also can't say that God is good or loving or anything because all words are 'borders'? That makes my head hurt again.
2007-04-29 08:30:26 · answer #7 · answered by Sun: supporting gay rights 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, great analysis of how Jehovah God is boundless and limitless, yet people try to put Him in a box all of the time.
2007-05-04 06:20:17 · answer #8 · answered by LAMON W 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Infinite removes any border. It goes forever therefore there is no border.
2007-05-05 11:59:57 · answer #9 · answered by TAT 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
this is your proof that god is finite? or that man's concept of god is limited? or more like a conundrum "if god is all powerful can he create an object that he can't move?"
logically, your comments don't carry much weight as they stand. expound on your ideas or move on to new ones. peace.
2007-04-29 08:38:20 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋