God talk

21 st July 2020 Verse 6a “yet for us there is but one God, the Father, from whom are all things and we exist for Him…” This verse is very important for inter religious dialogue as it points to a God who is love, that he created the heavens and the earth.   Maybe some other religions would find the word ‘Father’ difficult to accept but certainly not the content of a transcendent God.

20 th July 2020 From a Christian, Muslim and Jewish perspective the first part of this verse is accepted by all three religions.   As it says in the first part of the Apostolic Creed I believe in God, the Father almighty,       creator of heaven and earth. I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord,       who was conceived by the Holy Spirit       and born of the virgin Mary.       He suffered under Pontius Pilate,       was crucified, died, and was buried;       he descended to hell.       The third day he rose again from the dead.       He ascended to heaven       and is seated at the right hand of God the Father almighty.       From there he will come to judge the living and the dead. I believe in the Holy Spirit,       the holy catholic* church,       the communion of saints,       the forgiveness of sins,       the resurrection of the body,       and the life everlasting. Amen. *that is, the true Christian church of all times and all places Tak

19 th July   But have there been any other movements within Islam in terms of Negative theology.   This means saying something about God by saying things that he is not.    The answer to this is yes and the ummah have reached mixed conclusions but it is still there inside the traditions.   This is what I want to look at now with respect.   Before we move on I wrote the following for my 1 Corinthians blog at chapter 8 verse 6;   Continued later.   This is quite a big topic.   So I will continue on Transcendence but will look at this at a later date.   It is not an easy topic and it covers the philosophy of Kalaam (Kalam), which has many streams of history.