Except that your concept of reality is far from the truth. In fact it is a complete load of unsubstantiated nonsense.When I say "The Truth", I mean reality as it truly is.
I was comparing the answer "God takes as long as he takes" with the answer "the bus will get here when it gets here." As in, those are both equally pointless and useless answers to the question at hand.
The world doesn't like The Truth, it prefers its idols.
I mean that I don't know what "The Truth" is.
You think God is offering you a service, selling you something, and that you can sit back and evaluate this offer as to whether it suits your preference.
When I say "The Truth", I mean reality as it truly is.
Ronjs gave the right answer when he said "His timing"
the cleansing power of The Holy Spirt, which is The Spirit of Truth, works in you.
That is really the faith that you have to have
For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth
You can't please God without faithIf you have pride, God will humble youYou cannot kill The Truth. It will rise again, and on the last day all will be judged by it.
Right, but we already have a word for that: "reality." When you create a brand new term, and make it capitalize, that indicates something special beyond that.
But reality doesn't have "timing."
But reality doesn't have spirit or cleansing power.
But reality doesn't require faith to understand it.
But you can't "invite" reality into your heart or mind. It is a a thing, not a person or entity
But reality isn't a person or entity that can be "pleased" or that can "humble" a person. It cannot be killed, rise, or judge people.
So there is quite the gap between "reality" and this thing you call "The Truth." There are a lot of attributes and properties in the latter not present in the former.
If reality did not.having timing, then you would not experience life sequentially. To say, "In God's time" is another way of saying, "It happens when it happens".
But reality doesn't have spirit or cleansing power.Sure it does. Much in the way darkness flees from the light. Like wax before the fire, delusion is melted away by the fiery heat of Truth.
True knowledge is not intellectual assent, but an experience. Intellectualizing thanksgiving is not knowing thanksgiving, rather to know thanksgiving is to be thankful. Much in the same way, The Truth can not be known by someone who does not walk in The Way of Truth.
But you can't "invite" reality into your heart or mind. It is a a thing, not a person or entityIf your heart and mind is directed towards The Truth, quite naturally you will find that your mindfulness towards reality will sculpt and shape you.The purer your heart, the stronger the presence of Truth is in your heart and mind.
But reality isn't a person or entity that can be "pleased" or that can "humble" a person. It cannot be killed, rise, or judge people.Quite naturally, humble students are better than proud students. Much in the same way, those who think they know already have a hard time learning from and being purified by God. Those who approach God with the humility and reverence that a young child has towards a good parent receive a grace that cannot rest on the proud.
So there is quite the gap between "reality" and this thing you call "The Truth." There are a lot of attributes and properties in the latter not present in the former.As I hope my response reveals to you, the discrepancy is primarily a matter of paradigm.
OK. It sure seemed like it did.Nope. The analogy has nothing to do with God.
You say I assign properties to God, but the only thing I say about God is that The Ultimate Reality is God.
According to the way we understand things, to say there is no God is to say you are a nihilist."That there is no truth, that there is no absolute state of affairs—no thing-in-itself. This alone is nihilism, and of the most extreme kind."What Nietzsche says up there is very much in line with how we understand things. Nihilism is the denial of God. Atheism is nihilism.
you say that God can be pleased. Reality is not a conscious, sentient entity. It cannot be pleased. Reality does not have the property of being able to be pleased.
Nihilism implies atheism, yes. But atheism does not imply nihilism. I am an atheist but I am not a nihilist
Yet, making choices that align with reality essentially lead to more consistent and positive results. While making choices that disregard reality consistently leads to subversion.This has everything to do with the relationship a child of God has with God.
Nihilism implies atheism, yes. But atheism does not imply nihilism. I am an atheist but I am not a nihilistAs our God is The Ultimate Reality, to deny our God is to profess nihilism. If you are not a nihilist, maybe you aren't really an atheist either.
But nothing to do with with "pleasing" reality or reality "judging" me
See, I already said that when people deny your God they aren't denying reality. They are denying that reality has the extra attributes you've assigned to it. Atheism does not imply nihilism.
But nothing to do with with "pleasing" reality or reality "judging" meMaybe not in the way that you think. Or maybe the way that you think isn't ruled out? I don't know. But it is no strange thing. No extraordinary claim that I am making.Of course we will all be judged by The Light of Truth, and on the last day, all darkness, deceit, delusion, falsehood will be exposed by The Light of Truth. Could you not say, based on the judgement of God's Word which is The Truth that what God's Law banishes must be displeasing to Him? The darkness flees from The Light, just as those who hate Him flee from His face.
Truth is the highest good, and evil the natural consequence of deviation from The Truth.The way of the wicked shall perish, their faith and identity is with perishable things. Their walk blind, their mind darkened. The end of their faith is in created things. The Eternal Way is to be made divine through unity with The Uncreated Energy of God. To abide in The Eternal Way of Truth.The very light of heaven is the same fire of hell. The purifying flame of Truth.
See, I already said that when people deny your God they aren't denying reality. They are denying that reality has the extra attributes you've assigned to it. Atheism does not imply nihilism.My position has and has always been that the vast majority of people who think they are atheist believe in a superstitious conception of God. That being the case, the atheist position is actually a negation of gods, not God.
Knowledge is a justified, true belief. Justify your belief and only then can it be known. Also note that "eternal" and "existing" are attributes.The Ultimate Reality is God, all other "gods" are only gods in a nominal sense.Let it be known that The Ultimate Reality is God, and God is not like created things that have attributes. God Is what God Is. The Eternally Existing One.
The Truth is not man made.
The Ultimate Reality is God, and certainly has more authority than either you or I.
If you deny the existence of my God, you are professing nihilism. If my God doesn't exist, nothing exists.
It is patently ridiculous to say, "The ultimate reality is ultimately unreal".If nothing is ultimately real, then our experience would be impossible.
Reality does not judge. It has no authority. It cannot be pleased. It is not a conscious entity with will.
If something exists, it has no existence apart from The Ultimate Reality. Therefore God has authority.
As God determines what is real and true, God's judgement is what gives existence.
You've made quite a lot of base declarations. I am still awaiting the justification part. Bridge the gap between your assertions and the justification of their alleged truth.If something exists, it ultimately comes from God. Therefore, whatever happens is God's will.
I am telling you what is meant by these things so as to help bridge the gap between what you think these things look like and the types and shadows of a deeper reality that these ways of describing point to.Because of the paradigm difference, anachronistic interpretation is inevitable. You might have to think a little more poetically than you are used to doing to see what I am trying to point out.There are certain difficulties that one invariably stumbles upon when we are using the medium of creation to witness to that which is Uncreated.Whatever The Ultimate Reality is, that is God.
