So...I promised theological discourse and here it is...
We're talking about the ideas and concepts of God: who, what, how? You know, the easy questions about God. We've (my classmates and I) been pushed from our comfort zones and now we're trying to construct what this is really all about.
How do we use language to describe God? Is our language capable of explaining something that is unexplainable? How does our language make our conceptualization of God biased? (I'm just starting with some of the thoughts that I have been trying to make sense of ideas and discussions from the last week or two...)
In using a constructive theology textbook, we are examining a lot of the worries (an easy word) that people have with the "common" ideas of God that we have. Is God a man? Is he vengeful or merciful or both? How do we picture this unexplanable thing to those that have not encountered him/her/it? Can we adequately do it with people whose life experience is different from ours?
No answers today...just thought I'd share my questions...
And if I had answers, they might change tomorrow.
What do you think?
Peace,
Tina
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