http://www.iamanatheist.com/blog/2009/08/26/is-god-good/ Discussions of religion and ethics from an atheist perspective Mon, 06 May 2013 16:01:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://www.iamanatheist.com/blog/2009/08/26/is-god-good/comment-page-1/#comment-520 ideclare Wed, 23 Sep 2009 03:13:08 +0000 http://www.iamanatheist.com/blog/?p=1283#comment-520 This tract was, as you note, about the western Christian God. I understand that there are other concepts of God, but my lack of belief in God has nothing to do with rejecting a specific characterization of God, and everything to do with not seeing compelling evidence that any deities exist.

]]> http://www.iamanatheist.com/blog/2009/08/26/is-god-good/comment-page-1/#comment-519 jake manchester Tue, 22 Sep 2009 13:58:02 +0000 http://www.iamanatheist.com/blog/?p=1283#comment-519 When I read atheistic tracts like this one, I find that what you really don’t believe in is the western Christian perception of god. I suggest you take time to understand the way the Eastern Orthodox Christians perceive and understand God in his true nature. St. Paul, states in one passage that now we see god “as in a mirror, darkly,” but in the future we will see God face to face and therefore will understand the greatness of God. Paul’s reference here is to the shined metal mirrors of that time, which provided a dim reflection of one’s face. Even with today’s technology a mirror, even a ’3 way’ one cannot give us a complete view of ourselves. That is the truth about our understanding of god. We see a limited aspect of god, we know a limited aspect of the divine entity. This isn’t an anti-intellectual effort by the Orthodox Christians. I refer you to Gregory Palamas’ works on defending the heisychists for further explanation.

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