God Is Not A Whiteman, So Says The Coe

[DTCwordfan]

article in today's Daily Tel - and that the clergy are working to make him/(her?) more diverse......

Jeez - but one thing is sure...TTT, you'd better lower your expectations. 

Opinonions please - however rancid.

 

[sandyRoe]

If I had to describe god I'd mention a plump maternal figure, loving and empathetic.

Someone of the cut of Anne Widdlecombe or Diane Abbott.

[Cloverjo]

When I was young I imagined god to be a shortish, thick-set white man with short black hair and chunky boots. 
 Now I'm grown up and a bit more sensible, and god doesn't exist, I still have that image of him/her/it. 

 

[fender62]

Old_Geezer, exactly no nned for male or female, its ludicrous to the point of stars space universes err, i suppose primates need an efigy, all religions sadly..even one where your not allowed to show him it or ? under death if you do, now that not just excitable..o dear, to the point of mass riots and murder. how many of them live amongst us..and how about that teacher, and other after him or her..

[Khandro]

The view of Thomas Aquinas is that we can only know what God is not, rather than what he is.

 God is 'pure form' (difficult concept for AB) and he is his nature, so that the substance of God is his existence.

St Thomas Aquinas asserts that though God may be unknowable and incomprehensible, he is still definitely there. (innit?)

 

 

[davebro3]

An imaginary being is just as each person imagines it, or non-existent in my case.

[Old_Geezer]

Is it possible that St Thomas Aquinas may not have known, nor  comprehended God ?

[douglas9401]

That would make his daily sainting duties a bit awkward.

[Khandro]

OG //Is it possible that St Thomas Aquinas may not have known, nor  comprehended God ?//

It depends what you mean by 'known'. I think he experienced God completely, which for him was assurance of existence.

[ToraToraTora]

not sure why DTC would think I give rats April what the purveyors of any set of fairy tales think.

[max137]

I prefer the Life of Brian version

[davebro3]

Yes - the thing that seems to be missing in all religions (I'm no expert) is a sense of humour.🙄

[Canary42]

The odd thing about the religion which persecutes those who portray God's image is how do the persecutors know what he looks like - they must have seen an image - oooops. 

[max137]

Careful Canary42 you could get your collar felt.

[tomus42]

God is like Doctor Who. He just appears in any body randomly.

Also he is fictional.