Is it true that a human being can know god personally?
The creator of the cosmos. Logically then those same people should know other important beings like Greenspan, Hillary, Gore?
2007-10-18 08:04:35 · 9 answers · asked by Wayne P 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I want to know how anyone can claim to know personally someone who created the cosmos. It would be like an ant on an anthill in Africa who claimed to know Mr Blair.
2007-10-18 08:32:19 · update #1
x2 Monkey dude.
Religion, politics and logic? You're putting me on.
2007-10-18 08:10:28 · answer #1 · answered by Quonx. 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Im not really sure what you are asking...But I will do my best to answer it. :)
Yes, God was NOT created. He has always been. It is not something our imperfect minds can comprehend. Does he know everything? Of course! He is God! He creats everything. If you created an item, you would know everything about it, how it works, what made it tic, the ins and outs, wouldn't you?
As far as suffering goes. Sure he could put a stop to it this moment. This is another whole post..... But it is in reply to Satans Challange in the Garden of Eden. Jehovah will very soon bring to an end all of the suffering. He ALLOWS it for the moment.
Does God want us to know him personally? 100% Yes!!! He wants us to be his friend! He wants us to talk to him in prayer. He tells us about his personality and quailites through his Word, the Bible. He tells us to "Draw Close to Him and He will draw close to us" Imagine that, the Soverign of the Unvierse giving us that wonderful invitation!!! Now the question is "What will you do with that invitation?"
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2007-10-18 08:32:31 · answer #2 · answered by Learn about the one true God 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes to all but one of above statements. God delights in us knowing Him personally as He does the same because we can please Him by our worship.
Does it not make sense that our Creator knows exactly how we should be able to perform at top level? We also know that different living things live to be different ages. For us, 80 yrs. is long. For a redwood tree 4,000 yrs. and still going. Why should we scoff at a spirit creature so old no one can remember His beginning? A Creator also would by definition know more than any of it's creations. Does this not make sense?
The disagreement comes with your logic on important people knowing more. Jesus himself in Matthew 11:25 said, "I publicly praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and intellectual ones and revealed them to babes." The apostles were working class people, not the rich and powerful. The common man can understand these things quicker as he isn't troubled with the mental and spiritual baggage the rich and important carry with them, especially pride.
2007-10-18 08:31:00 · answer #3 · answered by grnlow 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think that praying to god is a way of knowing him personally, because he sometimes gives us signs as answers instead of actually words. The church is the "home of God" so learning about people in the church can help you see what effect he has on people. Not every thing has an clear answer. but there is always something that you can do that helps other people understand the question better.
2007-10-18 08:12:20 · answer #4 · answered by Rosalie Cullen 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-13 02:24:17 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
?? That's not logical at all! What, you think that because those people are rich and influential they are close to being on par with God??
Anyways, yes, it's true that God wasn't created and that He is omniscient and that you can, in fact, know Him personally. And you don't even have to be on speaking terms with that Hilary woman to do it either, thank God.
2007-10-18 08:09:37 · answer #6 · answered by Blue Eyed Christian 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Religion and Logic don't go well together.
2007-10-18 08:08:03 · answer #7 · answered by Monkey Man 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
What is your point? Do you know?
2007-10-18 08:09:09 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I'm sorry, what?
2007-10-18 08:07:40 · answer #9 · answered by Frank B 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋