On the occasion of a family outing a few days ago we were driving back to my place when the conversation turned religious. This is a rare thing. Three year old Vivienne – Vivi – sitting behind me asks “What is God?” Her mother, who is driving, makes an answer which doesn’t satisfy Vivi who repeats the question. At my son’s suggestion, I chime in but my words likewise do not suffice. I, of course, am very vague, I guess, to a three year old. Daughter-in-law gives the standard orthodox version. My answer is congruent – well somewhat. I didn’t want to say, like her mother, that God was our heavenly father. So I said, basically, the whole of creation was the deity and that “he” was impossible to know.
But my purpose here is not to give details of the conversation. After thinking about it and making a note last night I just want to do a small spin off of my previous post about Sean Carroll. The operative word here is small. This is just a thought fleeting.
January 25, 2023 note:
There is no such thing as eternity except in the context of time. Likewise: No such thing as good except in the context of evil. Or – vice versa…(for all opposites).
Another view/way: God is context in which man makes sense as man is context wherein God makes sense. Or: “God” confers on man universality. “Man” confers on God individuality.
Likewise:
Time and eternity are each axiomatic of the other, etc. – as is true for Beauty, Truth, Love, Liberty, etc. To accept one the other must also be accepted. You must believe one to deny one. (Axiom)
Hopefully Vivi will find this along her way.