Category Archives: God

Who is God? Part 11: If God is for this life only, then that is enough, and if there is more, so much the better I suppose I should pause before finishing and consider if I have answered my question: Who is God? The answer is, of course, “Of course not”. This conclusion can beContinue reading “Who is God? Part 11”

Who is God? Part 10: I can accept living in the world as we know it to be, and believe that my faith is sufficient to help me So, completely and ultimately satisfying is this relationship, that I can face with equanimity my death and loss of existence (if it should turn out that lifeContinue reading “Who is God? Part 10”

Who is God? Part 9: What do I really value about God? Of course, it’s possible that God can affect things in the world directly, and probably most of us have – perhaps only a handful of – examples that give us pause for thought in the way events in our lives turned out remarkableContinue reading “Who is God? Part 9”

Who is God? Part 8: Even if we cannot prove that God is an independent agent “out there”, in practice, he operates as though he is. Can such belief be justified? Belief in what I would describe as a “personal God”? I have written at greater length elsewhere, outlining my ideas on God as anContinue reading “Who is God? Part 8”

Who is God? Part 7: Is God just in the mind or is there something more? So far, we have begun to explore alternative conceptions of God, and I believe we have done enough to justify belief in such a God. It does add something to even a principled atheistic philosophy of life of commitmentContinue reading “Who is God? Part 7”

Who is God? Part 6: Is God simply our sense of reverence for life? And is that enough? I am both attracted by, and torn by, the view of God as, in effect, and perhaps in reality, nothing more than “reverence for life”. I am perhaps being unfair by saying that God is “nothing more”Continue reading “Who is God? Part 6”

Who is God? Part 5: Does God add anything to creation? There are also links with ideas of pantheism and panentheism. With classic theism, God is that being who exists outside of, or apart from, creation. With such a God, you could switch the universe off and on again, and God would not be fundamentallyContinue reading “Who is God? Part 5”

Who is God? Part 4: God as a powerful force, but not necessarily a person However, it is not the only conclusion to draw. And this takes us back to the start of our thinking when we considered that many people have developed a very different conception of who God is. I think there areContinue reading “Who is God? Part 4”

Who is God? Part 3: If you conclude Father Christmas is not real, can you go on believing that God is a real person? “But there’s no-one there” sums up the agonising disillusionment that many people come to as they give up faith – while many, of course, congratulate themselves that they never fell forContinue reading “Who is God? Part 3”

Who is God? Part 2: What lies hidden behind the name: “God”? At the heart of the matter, is that we have all continued to use the word “God”, even though we now understand that word is dramatically different ways. I remember during one of my own periods of doubt we had a senior ministerContinue reading “Who is God? Part 2”