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Pragma-Man
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| Posted 12/4/2001 7:33 AM (GMT -6) |   | A russian friend I was witnessing to, recently asked me how God could be everywhere at once.
He's a materialist and this was a hard concept for him to grasp. Any takers on this one? | | Back to Top | | |
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GregBoyd
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| Posted 12/4/2001 7:58 AM (GMT -6) | | Some random thoughts on communicating the notion of omnipresence to a materialist.
Love exists in more than one place at a time.
Where are the ideas in your head? To the left or right of the cerebral cortex??? Is your idea that 5 and 8 are Fibinocci numbers above or below your idea that Jesus is Lord?
Turn on your radio. Wow, you get the same station as the person on the other side of the city!
How can light have both particle like and wave like characteristics?
Consider the universe as a whole. How can IT be everywhere at once?
Imagine the terrain of a landscape you know well. Notice that your THOUGHT encompasses the entire landscape -- all at once. God 's mind is the IDEA of the entire landscape of reality.
Does that help?
Doc
"Three is the magic number, oh yes it is, it's the Magic Number" - De La Soul | | Back to Top | | |
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