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From: Storybrooke, Mr. Gold's Shop
Registered: Sep 2011

posted May 13, 2012 03:24 PM            

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When you think of God/whichever form of the divine you believe in, do you think of them formally, or familiarly? If your languages) has/have different forms of address, do you use the formal form or familiar?

So, what do others think about this?

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From: Blue Star Kachina
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posted May 14, 2012 09:25 AM            

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It is said God is as near as our juglar vein.

God is both Tanzih - the unknowable, transcendent God/Being and

Tashbih - the manifested, imminate, personal God/Being

In the Perfect Human (Jesus the Christ), there is a perfect experience of BOTH realities at the same time. One is not give a preference over the other. They are balanced and integrated.

Tanzih in Tashbih and Tashbih in Tanzih.

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posted May 14, 2012 10:21 AM            

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^ Great answer!

That's how I feel, too. There is the sublime God that I almost dare not approach except with my head bowed and with absolute reverence.

There is the benevolent God that deals with me as gently as possible.

The devastating earthquake AND the butterfly landing on my skin.

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From: Saturn next to Charmainec
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posted May 26, 2012 10:17 AM            

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Both and neither.

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posted May 26, 2012 01:22 PM            

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I speak to God as my Father.

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From: Pluto/house next to NickiG
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posted May 26, 2012 01:59 PM            

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Both, to me. The familiar is the one that I count on, day to day.

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posted May 26, 2012 07:16 PM            

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I think of it familiarly, my childhood buddy.
Let me add that I'm non-religious.

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