Why View God as Separate?

[Artemus Prime]

*sigh* as has already been posted, all I can do at this point is pray you find whatever it is you're searching for...

You keep repeating that you don't possess the ability to doubt...that must be some gift, as doubt is not "wrong" or "evil". In many cases, doubt actually serves as a good catalyst for true Spiritual growth, as the book of Job will attest to, among others...

"Critical remarks of any kind are not part of my mindset..." That statement presupposes that criticism is a bad thing, which it is not. The only way we stretch and grow is by asking the hard questions. Jesus himself attested to this fact, on many occasions asking His followers, "Who do you say that I am?"...not an easy answer during the history of that time.

"I don't have the ability or the inclination to attack others..." It seems that you're implying that I'm attacking you, which again I am not. I'm just simply stating what is absolute truth, the truth found in God's Word, as I've posted here before.

"In the beginning, God created" not "In the beginning, we helped God create..."

There are truths that are not of our own making. These things remain true absolutely, regardless of what individuals or cultures say about them. And the truth is, Christianity is exclusivistic...one name under Heaven by which we must be saved...no man comes to the Father but through me...etc.

To close, I'll allow a man of much greater stature than myself to speak...this is what C.S. Lewis had to say on this subject:

"The first of these views--the one that thinks God (and we) are beyond good and evil--is called Pantheism. Pantheists usually believe that God, so to speak, animates the universe as you animate your body: that the universe almost is God, so that if it did not exist He would not exist either, and anything you find in the universe is a part of God. The Christian idea is quite different. Christians think God invented and made the universe--like a man painting a picture or composing a tune. A painter is not a picture; he does not die if his picture is destroyed. You may say, 'He's put a lot of himself into it,' but you only mean that all its beauty and interest has come out of his head. His skill is not in the picture in the same way that it is in his head, or even his hands.

I expect you see how this difference between Pantheists and Christians hangs together with the other one. If you do not take the distinction between good and bad very seriously, then it is easy to say that anything you find in this world is a part of God. But, of course, if you think some things are really bad, and God really good, then you cannot talk like that. You must believe that God is seperate from the world and that some of the things we see in it are contrary to His will."

(Quote taken from C.S. Lewis' Mere Christianity, Book II, Ch. 1 pp. 44)

[Guest happywisdom]

*sigh* as has already been posted, all I can do at this point is pray you find whatever it is you're searching for...

I have nothing left to search for as the seeker is the saught.

Pantheism is a new concept that I am not aware of although if God is everything and my perception that God is everything means I am a pantheist, so be it.

I see nothing that is not God and I know I am trapped in a mind body that will soon enough die. While the mind body is alive, events are what they are.

Thanks for you perseverance and no more responses please as I am on to new horizons. I appreciate time spent and best wishes and may your days be filled with love and peace and both within and without to infinite infinity.

Greg

[ayin jade]

Romans 10: 9 Because if you confess the Lord Jesus, and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you shall be saved.

10 For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth one confesses unto salvation.

11 For the Scripture says, "Everyone believing on Him shall not be put to shame."