tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22980286.post4408479377808206447..comments2024-02-19T13:11:04.970-05:00Comments on Ponderings on a Faith Journey: Preaching After God -- ReviewRobert Cornwallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04581876323110725024noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22980286.post-73627505187051511002012-12-07T02:58:43.869-05:002012-12-07T02:58:43.869-05:00Bob, You convinced me to buy the book. You really...Bob, You convinced me to buy the book. You really know how to get to the heart of things.<br /><br />I have a suggestion to ease the difficulty expressed in your statement, "I find it difficult to conceive of God as something other than being – but the quest is something worth engaging in." There is a vast difference between God as being and as "a being." But, I'm sure you know that.Steve Kindlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16634130965524334750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22980286.post-7241582540535795942012-12-05T23:10:55.843-05:002012-12-05T23:10:55.843-05:00John's been studying physics again. It's c...John's been studying physics again. It's called the Higgs. It gives mass to other particles. An author wanted to call his book about the Higgs The God Damn Particle. <br /><br />Higgs is an atheist, and is displeased that the Higgs particle is nicknamed the "God particle",[38] as he believes the term "might offend people who are religious".[39] Usually this nickname for the Higgs boson is attributed to Leon Lederman, the author of the book The God Particle: If the Universe Is the Answer, What Is the Question?, but the name is the result of the insistence of Lederman's publisher: Lederman had originally intended to refer to it as the "goddamn particle".[40]<br />[edit]Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16496392728357471483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22980286.post-29757596859059103552012-12-03T10:28:37.530-05:002012-12-03T10:28:37.530-05:00One thing I find helpful is being at peace with th...One thing I find helpful is being at peace with the belief that the word "God" creates different mental and emotional reactions to others. How I understand God is going to be different from John or someone else. It does not mean that it is not the same God. It just means that we are all individuals who've experienced life in various ways. <br /><br />With the current shifting of thought, I'm hoping that people will be more gracious with one another in allowing for differing God concepts. This world needs a lot more gentleness and a lot less trying to prove how right I am. At least, that's what I'm experiencing within myself and in the world around me. <br /><br />Happy Advent you Ohio folks!Brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18396901667077846319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22980286.post-78470140621851580992012-12-02T09:36:16.163-05:002012-12-02T09:36:16.163-05:00Perhaps one way to conceive of God as "event&...Perhaps one way to conceive of God as "event" rather than "being" is to analogize God to energy and matter. God doesn't have the mass of matter but instead God is more like the energy conveyed in a wave.Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06245470576919732592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22980286.post-513918762833990722012-12-02T08:24:16.064-05:002012-12-02T08:24:16.064-05:00This could make for a good discussion group.This could make for a good discussion group.Brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18396901667077846319noreply@blogger.com