In A Collision of Truths I describe my life as a Christian Scientist and the reasons why I left the church. I also declare that I find the standard Judeo/Christian concept of a God who created and rules the Earth, unsatisfactory and in conflict with scientific thinking. But I do say that it is Universal Intelligence or Consciousness which I leaned on in the past and still do today. This, to me, is a "liberating" concept of God. The question, then, is: Can God be defined in a way that satisfies your needs? If so does my concept make any sense to you? If not, why not? Let me hear from you.
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In my new book "A Collision of Truths" I suggest that God can be defined. Can He/She?
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Bob,
I am almost finished with the book , and I am getting a lot out of it. In answer to this specific question , I believe God can be defined as Truth. That is where good living begins and ends. I wish I had the Grace and Wisdom to live my life by this standard - but only one man had it and he was ultimatley killed for his efforts !
At its' root The Bible is a fundamental primer in being a good and honest person. God gave us his Son to set a permanent example for all of his children. His Son was tortured and killed to indelibly imprint God's commitment to us upon our hearts and minds. Living Truth , with and through humility , is God's way. I believe Truth is the manner in which to define God.
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Bill Stride
I am almost finished with the book , and I am getting a lot out of it. In answer to this specific question , I believe God can be defined as Truth. That is where good living begins and ends. I wish I had the Grace and Wisdom to live my life by this standard - but only one man had it and he was ultimatley killed for his efforts !
At its' root The Bible is a fundamental primer in being a good and honest person. God gave us his Son to set a permanent example for all of his children. His Son was tortured and killed to indelibly imprint God's commitment to us upon our hearts and minds. Living Truth , with and through humility , is God's way. I believe Truth is the manner in which to define God.
Best ,
Bill Stride
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Thanks, Bill for your post. Sorry to take this long to respond. But I’ve been thinking about your defining God as Truth. You rely heavily on the Bible for your answers so I went to my King James Version. That’s the Bible I was raised on in Christian Science. I searched for Biblical synonyms for God.
I found Love as in: “God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him.” (I John 4: 16)
A second is Spirit as in: “God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.” (John 4: 24)
In the latter John also speaks of truth. But does he mean God is Truth? Later in John when relating the trial he relates: “Pilate therefore said unto him, Art thou a king then? Jesus answered, Thou sayest that I am a king. To this end was I born, and for this cause came I into the world, that I should bear witness unto the truth. Every one that is of the truth heareth my voice. Pilate saith unto him, What is truth? And when he had said this, he went out again , unto the Jews, and saith unto them, I find in him no fault at all.” (John 18: 37, 38) And I don’t believe the question “What is truth?” is ever answered. Sounds to me, though, that Jesus meant God.
For what it’s worth, as you know from reading Collision, Christian Science espouses seven synonyms for God: Life, Truth, Mind, Principle, Spirit Soul, Love. I don’t know if you intentionally zeroed in on one of these synonyms or came to Truth independently. Having been raised in CS, even though I’ve left the church, I keep coming back to these synonyms for my answers and, for me, I believe Mind resonates the most, although I also come back to Life, Love, Principle, Truth.
In any case, I suspect that for every person on this earth there’s a unique perspective on God or the gods (we mustn’t forget Hinduism and much of the Asian world.) I wonder if we’ll ever be able to come together.
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