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Oh boy...we're so beyond the logical point of understanding it's not even funny anymore beings it's already so ridiculous.
The whole point to the understanding of God is to know that there are things we don't know and therefore to account for this objectively and pursue the truths of them axiomatically; by faith.
There is, of course, the possibility of eisegesis occurring during any interpretation, however, accounting for this too can lead to a proper exegesis. In other words, reason and accountability.
Reason for doing something is found after the doing to observe the objective results in order to account for them instead of justifying before hand a decision in order to be content with the results before the actions are made, be what they may, with no necessity for accountability.
Of course, I don't expect anyone who automatically disagrees with me to adhere to my own standards, I'm just attempting to point out some glaring possibilities of contrasting comparatives instead of contradicting ones.
"Sometimes you can know a thing by what it is not."
-Albert Einstein
If you assume that everything that is not you, that you don't know, is God or at the very least not you...you may then attempt to seek God or a method to integrate external things with yourself in a means to reach a reasonable decision void of bias. However, to ignore the possibility that self-interest exists on an automatic level within humans is also a means to promote callousness via ignorance, neglect, abandonment, and forgetfulness. Both are a necessity to be observed, however, the analytical logic of viewing one's own circumstances in order to reach an objective decision AS WELL AS taking on an axiom (an action of unknown consequences) in order to find the reason to do or not to do in order to reach a means to know what to do, when to do it, how to do it, and after having done it; why do it?
Reason before action is bias and contains self-interest (automatic fears and desires imbued).
Reason after action is unbias and contains self-effacement.
When I refer to God as being more than human and humans being less than God it has to do with simple observation.
I am one part of how large a universe? God is all, therefore, God is awesome in size and complexity for which I become humble and grateful for what I DO have.
Now comes a brain crusher.
Glorifying and demeaning labels are judgments which only God should make, and should a man or woman make judgments they are attempting to be God over Man-kind. The natural state of Man-kind before the exile from Eden was innocence. The only way to innocence is to abandon judgment in favor of forgiveness and mercy. Play the devil's advocate.
When it comes down to humans being pompous, arrogant, judgmental, and negative it all leads back to attempting to exert, over all else, control of what cannot nor should not be controlled. Love what you cannot change, change what you cannot love.
Therefore, to attempt to adverserialize instead of attempting to play devil's advocate (which is modest and humble) is just another example of what I'm talking about refraining from.
I have the mind to know that everyone wants everything now, they want it in mass-quantity, mass-quality, instant gratification, power, wealth, good-looks, etc...because all men and women have egos as do I. Some choose to allow ego to decide what they want for them by how they feel to experience these things in the present (forsaking the future) instead of by objective research and conclusion leading to decision to benefit the future by forsaking over-abundance and instant gratification for the moment. Others think that by ignoring both God and Ego they some how are excluding themselves from the awareness of the ordeal of the human condition...they easily forget, less the objective mental reminders, that they themselves are in fact human with vulnerabilities, limited capabilities, fallibilities, and limited knowledge.
Out of sight, out of mind.
The argument for God, as I have researched these past many years, has led me to the immutable truth in self and truth in God as other than self.
Lastly, I would like to emphasize yet again, these words that I have stated are not God as well...these statements are tools for pursuing what may be God in an ever-elusive test to find the mysterious God.
It would also appear that with some who adverserialize themselves against others before questioning to understand is yet another example of ego exuding pride and prejudice over the possibility of a higher-level of consciousness...for their future selves.
Also, yes, I used to sign my posts.