tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30498855.post1320067972076857330..comments2023-07-05T03:41:42.523-07:00Comments on Miller's Musings: God and InfinityErichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00222357272293174173noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30498855.post-13132428810429013112012-01-11T15:57:51.072-08:002012-01-11T15:57:51.072-08:00Hey! You tricked me into reading a math lesson.Hey! You tricked me into reading a math lesson.Don the Baptisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03908000006052802948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30498855.post-43153071430183866952012-01-11T14:57:48.350-08:002012-01-11T14:57:48.350-08:00Didn't think as much about omnipresence, but s...Didn't think as much about omnipresence, but same ideas could apply. God can "limit" his omnipresence by creating being outside himself without diminishing the "size" of his presence. Whatever, you make a very good distinction between the biblical extent of God and pantheism.<br /><br />Ah yes, Latin. Now that's a language I haven't studied in a long time.Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00222357272293174173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30498855.post-89152445546322372532012-01-11T13:33:45.506-08:002012-01-11T13:33:45.506-08:00Oh, and by the way, I really liked your thought ab...Oh, and by the way, I really liked your thought about the Trinity. Very cool.emesselthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04612128710367711641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30498855.post-84451411224886590852012-01-11T13:30:46.822-08:002012-01-11T13:30:46.822-08:00When I was in school, I also had trouble with the ...When I was in school, I also had trouble with the word, "infinite" when used with God because of the semantic connotations that word has in its non-technical usage. If God is truly "infinite" (as people sloppily use the term), then he is everywhere (omnipresence - good, as far as it goes [pun intended]) and everything (pantheism - bad). God is NOT everything. There is a distinction between created and Creator. <br />Additionally, I became concerned that the way people were using God's infinitude was making God into an abstraction - a very bad theological move.<br />Rather I realized that the "in-finite-ness" of God is really a etymological issue.<br />Remember your Latin: "infinite" means only, "without limit." And that's a very good theological statement. Whatever the 'extent' of God, it is clear that he is the fount of creation and what we know as the real; he is greater than we can measure; he has no bounds. <br />Theologically, rather than mathematically, when we say that God is "infinite," we are merely using an word from one of the old languages and affirming the Biblical witness that God is "limitless." No more, and no less.emesselthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04612128710367711641noreply@blogger.com