How could an infinite God become incarnate or finite?

Answer 1

Well, first thing to consider is that if God exists and if he exists the way he is purported to exist, then any attempt at discerning his nature is futile. How can any finite being ever hope to grasp the concept of (let alone the true nature of) anything infinite? In other words, an infinite being could never be defined by a finite being because the finite being lacks the frame of reference. ANYTHING which apparently transcends its own limitations within space and time will appear infinite.

So assuming that there is indeed an infinite God, why would it be remarkable for him to assume the mantle of a finite being? How would we ever know the difference?

I think the answer is that he could not "become" finite because then he would cease to be God because God, by definition, must not be constrained by the same limitations as an ordinary being. It's a paradox, I think.

Answer 2

Here's the short but correct answer (if a god in the usual definition exists): because god is omnipotent. The mere attribute of omnipotence given to a god means that deity can accomplish absolutely anything, even the illogical (or contradictory). This god can become finite even while being infinite. That's one reason why a god with omnipotence isn't even fun to argue about: that god can do absolutely anything regardless of the constraints and entailments of logic.

Answer 3

For God to become incarnate and finite is for God to form the illusion of physicality and temporality. The Source would be Reality and all else an illusion formed within that Reality. God, therefore, does not become something else but merely creates the experience of something else.

Phil

Answer 4

He/She/It cannot. Perceptions, depictions, restrictions placed upon that word and its inherent limitations are what constrain the diety. In other words, humans have the compulsion to categorize and label, thereby putting boxes around words that should, in theory, be limitless and unbounded by any kind of convention.

Answer 5

How old were you when you heard about gods? Who told you this? Why did you believe it? Did you automatically believe it to be true, or did you question how accurate the information was that you were about to accept.

Answering your question begins by first testing your assumptions, or by exploring why you choose to believe these things. Or, on what basis, or does a person come to a belief that a god exists, or what a god would be capable of.

Answer 6

I simply say its our belief that God , if any , is infinite . I dare say that we all our own God ( nee conscience) and it dies with us

Answer 7

I think Jesus was sort of like a bolt of lightning. We are all just balls of energy, after all and He passed through this Earth and back to Heaven just as he was supposed to, and just as we will.
Energy never dies; never completely disappears - it just goes someplace else.

Answer 8

he can't.unless he transcends into the spherical core of our inner beings and repossess it.